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Old 03-27-2013, 03:18 PM   #566 (permalink)
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As a Type II owner, this warmed my heart.

Years ago, in the parking lot at the Oregon Country Faire, I saw a VW single cab pickup onto which the owner had grafted the fastback roof of IIRC a 49-50 Kaiser. It approximated this shape pretty well.

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Very often, low drag cars push the engine to the back - where it fits and people do not - and this means that the heaviest part of the car is at just about the worst place in a low drag car; because of the issues of side winds.
Drop a Type II cab onto the chassis of a Blackjack Zero and you'd have a good start. Walk around the original car with 123D Catch on an iPhone and you'd be well on the way.

some_other_dave -- Have you noticed that people who wear crash helmets drive more dangerously? Getting T-boned is less under your control.
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