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Old 01-10-2009, 06:44 PM   #7 (permalink)
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One reason 1930s aero cars didn't make it was that the roads of the day did not allow sustained high spedd running. People didn't see any advantage to the aero cars then.

An aero car makes little difference when you can't drive over 50 for more than a mile.
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