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Arragonis · 11-14-2009, 04:09 PM

Reminds me of that wooden Citroen someone built in the 1960s

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/res.../Tryane-II.jpg

Seriously however I think the French from the 1950s and 60s would be worth a google as they went a lot for the low drag / small engine idea - Panhard flat twin for example.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/24/54...fa526a8f7e.jpg

The idea was to build up and maintain speed over long, straight roads which may be what you are after.

A way of getting started, if you aren't already, may be to look at a Lotus / Westfield 11 body/chassis. RWD though.

11-14-2009, 04:09 PM	#31 (permalink)
Arragonis The PRC. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Elsewhere. Posts: 5,304 Thanks: 285 Thanked 536 Times in 384 Posts	Reminds me of that wooden Citroen someone built in the 1960s http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/res.../Tryane-II.jpg Seriously however I think the French from the 1950s and 60s would be worth a google as they went a lot for the low drag / small engine idea - Panhard flat twin for example. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/24/54...fa526a8f7e.jpg The idea was to build up and maintain speed over long, straight roads which may be what you are after. A way of getting started, if you aren't already, may be to look at a Lotus / Westfield 11 body/chassis. RWD though. __________________ [I]So long and thanks for all the fish.[/I]