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Originally Posted by Sven7
Nice! I won't be doing the nosecone or anything flagrantly non-OE but it is good to know. Did you tuft the roof of the cab to see if the flow was detaching (assuming that is the problem with upright windshields)?
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I stood on an overpass as my dad made passes below me on the highway.The roof looked okay.I had expectations of seeing really nasty whipping of the yarn.It just never happened.
Apparently,between the curvature of the glass to the A-pillar,and over the header up to the crown of the roof,there's enough 'attack' to hold the airstream against the body,even with all the drip rails and gaps.
The glass in deeply inset on the doors,so its a little dirty in there,but everything seems to recover as the flow moves close to the bed.
An early 70s JEEP CJ with Cd 0.80 would be a poster child for writing off streamlining.But it seems to take something that bad to negate the effects of aft-body mods.Which is good for all of us,as it gives us more confidence to just jump in.
The Ford looks good! Like it never got near salt.