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California98Civic · 06-05-2014, 12:33 PM

Another Ray Russel design, apparently, this one built using Ford parts and an original fiberglass body in 1953. Note how, unlike the steel/chrome bumpers becoming common at the time, this bumper is integrated into the side fenders. It suggests contemporary bumber covers and i would imagine it was modestly better in terms of aerodynamics, no?

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	Another Ray Russel design, apparently, this one built using Ford parts and an original fiberglass body in 1953. Note how, unlike the steel/chrome bumpers becoming common at the time, this bumper is integrated into the side fenders. It suggests contemporary bumber covers and i would imagine it was modestly better in terms of aerodynamics, no? __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.