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kach22i · 08-15-2017, 01:23 PM

There was a rumor I heard about 30 years ago that some new form of tailfin was about to flood the showroom floors.

Turned out it was those drag causing trunk lid wings and spoilers we saw so much of in the late 1980's.

Things do come back in fashion, never quite the same way twice though.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-t...ar-end-36.html

08-15-2017, 01:23 PM	#2444 (permalink)
kach22i Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 4,158 Thanks: 120 Thanked 2,790 Times in 1,959 Posts	There was a rumor I heard about 30 years ago that some new form of tailfin was about to flood the showroom floors. Turned out it was those drag causing trunk lid wings and spoilers we saw so much of in the late 1980's. Things do come back in fashion, never quite the same way twice though. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-t...ar-end-36.html __________________ George Architect, Artist and Designer of Objects 1977 Porsche 911s Targa 1998 Chevy S-10 Pick-Up truck 1989 Scat II HP Hovercraft Chin Spoiler: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-t...effective.html Rear Spoiler Pick Up Truck http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-t...xperiment.html Roof Wing http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...1-a-19525.html