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Old 07-02-2014, 03:57 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
It looks nearly symmetrical, top to bottom. That would not seem to be taking the ground into account, and would likely end up having a lot of lift?
In 1951 ground effects for cars largely weren't known about and what they did know wasn't applied.

Also Russia wasn't known for the flattest or smooth roads.
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