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Old 03-15-2025, 04:24 AM   #4271 (permalink)
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This video is to announce a show at The Petersen this Summer:

The Kamm-back top is interesting but totally infeasible.

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RETRO CAR again.

Pretty slick for VW Beetle, right?

The only other vehicles I can think of with only a hatch in the roof would be the Kubelwagen tank simulator and the Dobbertin Surface Orbiter.
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Fascinating. But is it really aerodynamic or more importantly low drag?
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Maybe... If you compare with the donor Beetle?
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' Wingho '

'Backwards', it make the beginnings of a pretty good solar race car!

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