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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob
Those are nacelles for jet exhausts, plugged with tail lights. See the Ford show cars and Galaxie for the originals.
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I took Driver's Education in an 1960 4-door.
http://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1954_ford_fx_atmos/
1955 Ford Mystere - Concepts
Looking around for that, I discovered the 1956 Ford Thunderbird Mexico.
1956 Ford Thunderbird Mexico - Concepts
It never progressed beyond a 3/8ths scale model.
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As [Alex] Tremulis put it: "I have always considered the Mexico as a milestone. It opened the door to the windtunnel for the first serious investigation of the new aerodynamic art of the automobile. For many years when I thought I was on the verge of selling a wind tunnel program I was always shot down with arguments such as - 'But Alex, remember the Chrysler Airflow'. Some even referred to it as the 'Airflop'. Others presented arguments such as....
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Alex is foreshadowing Luigi Colani.
What do you make of this?
Sort of a sliding sunroof over the back seat and a T-top over the front?
http://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1991...agen_vario_ii/
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Last edited by freebeard; 02-26-2019 at 01:08 AM..
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