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

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by freebeard

The Saudis are turning petroleum into glazing?

Sarcasm?

Nearly all plastics are by products of gasoline refinement.

If you are in Canada you can watch on line a current CBC special about the history of oil. I have my roof top antenna pointed at Windsor and watch it live, fascinating program.

EDIT: It's on TVO, TV Ontario the education station.

Planet Oil
https://tvo.org/programs/planet-oil

Around the world, oil and gas fields are running dry or have become politically or environmentally toxic. For all the talk of renewables and nuclear, few doubt that humans will continue to rely on fossil fuels for the foreseeable future. Travelling to many oil- and gas-producing territories, geologist Iain Stewart traces how humans have developed fuels and how geology, technology, politics and commercial pressures have affected our insatiable consumption.

[freebeard]

Sarcasm?

I can't tell anymore.

More of a TIL, Today I Learned.

[NeilBlanchard]

Originally Posted by freebeard

...Unless widening the body to fit the track would add frontal area. Putting a wide body on a car designed for a narrower track is what we're used to seeing.

The fender flares are already increasing the frontal area, so making the rest of the sides flush with the wheels would likely help lower the drag.

Narrowing the rear wheel track would allow for a plan taper, which would obviously lower drag.

[freebeard]

Which came first, the increase in track or the increase in body width?

I suspect the difference in frontal area is less significant than the disrupted airflow behind the arches.

[kach22i]

More photos in link:
The Innovative Dan La Lee Retractable Streamliner
The Innovative Dan La Lee Retractable Streamliner | The Old Motor


Flier Designs Streamline “Push Button” Car (Nov, 1938)
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/flier...sh-button-car/

[kach22i]

Automobile Traditions Challenged by First Streamlined Stock Cars (Feb, 1934)
Automobile Traditions Challenged by First Streamlined Stock Cars | Modern Mechanix


Classic Streamlined Cars (50 images in link:)
https://www.pinterest.com/gbforth/cl...eamlined-cars/

[kach22i]

AEROFIAT

[kach22i]

Å’uvres - Alain Bublex - Artistes - Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois

Alain Bublex
The Running Gear and Completed Vehicle, Shown During one of its Very First Outings Aerofiat 2.1
1995
Vidéogramme
12’30’’

I think many of these are "art cars".

BUBLEX Alain, *1961 (France)
Title : PROTOTYPE AEROFIAT 2.1 DEVANT UN VEHICULE NON IDENTIFIE
Date : 1996
http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresul...nt-3845157.htm


Art et Automobile : les Aérofiat d’Alain Bublex
http://www.leblogauto.com/2008/07/ar...in-bublex.html

[samwichse]

Originally Posted by kach22i

Flier Designs Streamline “Push Button” Car (Nov, 1938)
Flier Designs Streamline “Push Button” Car | Modern Mechanix

That's certainly one of the most practical designs for skirted front wheels I've seen.

[kach22i]

I know this car has been posted before, but these photos are not to be missed.

Audi Jaray
May 3, 2014
Audi Jaray



More photos at site and a Youtube link below from the website.

Published on Apr 2, 2012
Audi A5 Commercial: The Swan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=HcOpfqEamrY