View Single Post
Old 10-16-2011, 12:20 PM   #57 (permalink)
Shepherd777
Grand Imperial Poobah
 
Shepherd777's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Newington, CT USA
Posts: 247
Thanks: 31
Thanked 488 Times in 144 Posts
Here's a similar setup I did 5 years earlier

Quote:
Originally Posted by bondo View Post
With this in mind, in 1988 I designed and Patented an aerodynamic "nosecone" which fit on the front of these cabover style trucks, below the front windshield and above the front bumper. The nosecone "optimized" the frontal area of the flat front cabover style truck affording a more slipstream shape. I approached Wal Mart with the product in 1989 and they were interested. Bondo
I built this one 5 years earlier, in 1983.

10mpg.

Average mpg then was 4.5mpg.

I have been working on a brand new design for the last 2 1/2 years.

Almost done now. Hoping to debut it in a month or 2.
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Shepherd777 For This Useful Post:
BamZipPow (10-16-2011)