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Old 04-03-2010, 05:16 PM   #52 (permalink)
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successful spoiler/tail image sources

I've been working on a thread for 10-weeks now,am far from finishing but there is some activity with members doing rear spoilers so I wanted to share a few examples of cars which used spoilers to get to,or get closer to the template.
If you can GOOGLE-Images these, and find a side view photo,it will give you a peak at what some manufacturers have done to cheat the air.
1963 Alfa Romeo TZ
1964 Ford GT 40
1965 Ford Mk IV ( one of very few 'Kamm-back' cars actually made )
1967 Ferrari 330 P4
1968 Ford Mustang Fast-back
1988 Lotus Esprit Turbo
1991 Ferrari F40
1994 Saleen Mustang S-351
1994 Bugatti EB 110
1995 Ferrari F335 Berlinetta
1999 GM PNGV/Precept
2009 Toyota Prius
Note: three additional cars which follow the template,then morph into the von Mises profile/reflex-camber for down-force are :
1970 Porsche 917 LH ( long-tail )
1978 D-B/M-B C-111 III
1987 AeroVironment/GM Sunraycer
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