03-05-2015, 09:43 PM
|
#11 (permalink)
|
|
Not Doug
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Show Low, AZ
Posts: 12,240
Thanks: 7,254
Thanked 2,234 Times in 1,724 Posts
|
Well, cardboard and coroplast really add up... :P
|
|
|
|
 Today
|
|
|
|
Other popular topics in this forum...
|
|
|
|
|
03-11-2015, 05:14 PM
|
#12 (permalink)
|
|
Batman Junior
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,534
Thanks: 4,082
Thanked 6,979 Times in 3,614 Posts
|
Update: Prius-ish Kammback transformation photos added to post #2, above.
---
Quote:
Originally Posted by aerohead
I'm calling God tonight 'n see if we can get Ontario a few Btu's.  |
Nice -- seems to have worked! But put in another call for a few more, please.
Also, the car + tail will be taking its maiden highway voyage this weekend, minus the fender skirt transition, so not fully optimized. |
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to MetroMPG For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
03-12-2015, 01:47 PM
|
#13 (permalink)
|
|
Batman Junior
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,534
Thanks: 4,082
Thanked 6,979 Times in 3,614 Posts
|
Update: tail construction pics & details added to post #3, above.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to MetroMPG For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
03-12-2015, 02:26 PM
|
#14 (permalink)
|
|
Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Germantown, WI
Posts: 11,203
Thanks: 2,501
Thanked 2,588 Times in 1,555 Posts
|
Nice update.
How many hours would you say you have into the tail thus far?
|
|
|
|
|
03-12-2015, 08:42 PM
|
#15 (permalink)
|
|
Not Doug
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Show Low, AZ
Posts: 12,240
Thanks: 7,254
Thanked 2,234 Times in 1,724 Posts
|
I am quite certain that sooner or later, someone will say "You know that will not work, right?" and they will not care the slightest bit about established practices and A-B-A methodology, they think that innovation by individuals is exhausting.
|
|
|
|
|
03-13-2015, 11:32 PM
|
#16 (permalink)
|
|
Batman Junior
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,534
Thanks: 4,082
Thanked 6,979 Times in 3,614 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xist
I am quite certain that sooner or later, someone will say "You know that will not work, right?" and they will not care the slightest bit about established practices and A-B-A methodology
|
No doubt!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Daox
How many hours would you say you have into the tail thus far?
|
Oh, man. You had to ask. I'm going to guess ~40 hours where I was inside the garage and either looking at it or working on it. And ~20 hours where I was actually doing something productive.
Ready for this weekend's road trip! I still have a few more things I'd like to do (fender skirts, reflective tape on the transom), but I now have full operational "tail lights", so this will do for now:
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to MetroMPG For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
03-13-2015, 11:43 PM
|
#17 (permalink)
|
|
Not Doug
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Show Low, AZ
Posts: 12,240
Thanks: 7,254
Thanked 2,234 Times in 1,724 Posts
|
Is there an established relationship between boat tails and tailgaters?  |
|
|
|
|
03-14-2015, 12:55 AM
|
#18 (permalink)
|
|
Ultimate Fail
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Austin,Texas
Posts: 3,585
Thanks: 2,872
Thanked 1,121 Times in 679 Posts
|
tail-lights . Tail-gaters
keep 'em coming :-)
Metro, that shape is beautiful. Nice craftmanship with such primitive materials !
What's the plan with the end of the tail ? ( the section that gets too 'fast' )
Also, IIRC you mentioned that here seemed to be a lot of turbulence from the wheel wells and the front of the car. This has me puzzled, since the wheel gap is so small, and you have wheel covers on.
Care to explain more on this ?
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2015, 10:10 AM
|
#19 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 263
Thanks: 244
Thanked 86 Times in 61 Posts
|
You're getting really great at making these, looks nice!
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2015, 02:08 PM
|
#20 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A.
Posts: 16,314
Thanks: 24,440
Thanked 7,386 Times in 4,783 Posts
|
ready
__________________
Photobucket album: http://s1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/aerohead2/
|
|
|
|
|
