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Old 04-23-2011, 01:39 PM   #108 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by t vago View Post




That's a pretty nice setup there.
The roofline dates to Jaray's 1922 Patent application,finally issued in 1927.It pretty much makes the roof 'vanish.'
Rumpler also used this roof on his water drop limousine circa same time period.The roof dropped the Cd of the open cabin 1921 car from 0.54,to o.28,as tested in VW's modern tunnel

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