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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
In '83 I thought parabolic leading forms were the bomb.
This is a chunk of wood. B pillar air intakes, radiator and air exhaust across the back, the idea being zero wake but yeah the under tray rises too steeply.
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Your own work?
It looks cool, I like it a lot.
Ratio and proportion wise, 24" high wheels, eight foot wheelbase, this design is roughly 38 inches tall like the Ford GT 40 which is 40-inches tall.
Problem is the GT-40 (
the original race car not the later Ford GT) is a larger car with the driver almost lying down with legs and feet up into the front suspension.
Even with the driver pushed as far back a possible (
too far from the windshield for good optics and depth perception) with a small 4-cylinder FWD engine in the back, this design will need a sizable Gurney Bubble for anyone over five foot one. My wife should be able to fit in it though.
I like it, but I once had an experience in a design competition where the coolest looking cars broke the template and more or less cheated.
That would be like designing a building only midgets could inhabit, and not to code. Cool for filming a Hobbit movie but real life is a little more cruel.