Interesting Aerodynamic Cars (Mike Vetter's ETV, also Avion)

[ChopStix]

Originally Posted by freebeard

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/09/chevrolet-moonlight-speedster-built-by.html

I always wanted to do this with a Beetle body; a wooden boat tail with a single rumble seat in the rear parcel shelf, 2+1.

A place for the "mother-in-law" to sit! -lol

[Frank Lee]

or the brats

[freebeard]

In my case, it would be chaperone.

Edit: An important car in my [relative] youth, Dean Jefferies Manta Ray:


Just A Car Guy: Why did Dean Jeffries' Mantaray have a 289 Cobra engine? Cool story

Is it open wheel or thin-fendered? It's similar to Ken Miles Flying Shingle:


scraped by Google from insecure website www.motorbase.com

[kach22i]

Nice article.

Book : The Contact Patch


An Illustrated History Of Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 2 (1940 – 1959)
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/autom...t-2-1940-1959/



https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...ose-up-details

[freebeard]

Thanks. The first link is a great article, despite the super-simple graphics and weird math notation. I especially liked the description of shear and normal forces. Only one typo (3-box body in the 1930s not 1960s).



Here's a good takeaway. Maybe I should stop worrying about my drip-rail vortexes.


I purposely didn't read the second link so I could prophesize that it's a Canadian delivery truck. Am I right?

[freebeard]

Muttering to myself...

Canadian?

In today's news, the Morelli Banana car is back:


http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/09/qing-yi-centerpiece-of-tron-realm.html

News to me: I didn't even know there was a TRON Realm Shanghai Disney Resort.



Gee, Toto, I don't think we're in Disneyland anymore!

[NeilBlanchard]

Fine - except the GIANT WIDE wheels!

[botsapper]

Besides the swoopy shape and panoramic teardrop roof, it had a rear camera and TV dash screen instead of mirrors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Q7w1Ff1yQ

[freebeard]

The Centurion is cool. Just a Car Guy backed off the WWII bomber nose art long enough for a run of Interesting cars:


http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/10/they-took-bat-racing-55-palm-springs.html



Just A Car Guy: A famous Hill-Climb Special,the Freikaiserwagen, was inspired by Dr Porsche’s pre-war thinking. Powered by a mid-mounted 1096cc Blackburne V-twin, it first appeared in 1936, and won the Shelsley Walsh outright record in June 194



http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/10/aerospider-alfa-romeo-jankovits-6-c.html

The last two are both from the 1930s. I think the shoulder-height airfoil gas tank makes a lot of [questionable?/good?] sense.

[NeilBlanchard]

The Rinspeed previews Oasis autonomous EV concept:



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