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Old 02-29-2012, 06:27 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Phil (aerohead) says a GM land speed racer pickup used a half-tonneau for a 200+mph run. A half tonneau, not a full one. Food for thought?

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AUTOWEEK carried an article for a Gale Banks GMC LSR pickup which sported the 1/2-tonneau for it's 211-mph run at Bonneville.
If this isn't it, the thing uses the same principle.


Here's the Banks Sidewinder. Notice the half tonneau.


What I'm trying to say is, although it may defy logic a half tonneau seems to work better than a full one.
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