Pininfarina Aerodynamica
This came up in an article, but without an image.
The 1967 ( Sergio ) Pininfarina BMC Aerodynamica. They took an existing BMC 1800, Cd 0.45, re-bodied it, and 'voila', Cd 0.34! Which would have been quite exceptional for it's day. Easy GOOGLE |
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Carrozzeria designs : Pininfarina 1800 1967 https://www.aronline.co.uk/facts-and...infarina-1800/ https://i1.wp.com/www.aronline.co.uk...g?w=1024&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/www.aronline.co.uk...pg?w=570&ssl=1 https://i1.wp.com/www.aronline.co.uk...g?w=1062&ssl=1 Quote:
1977 Chevrolet Monza Mirage: A Win Win Situation? https://autopolis.wordpress.com/2014...win-situation/ https://autopolis.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/left.jpg Quote:
EDIT-1 GM H-body http://h-body.org/library/hbodyfaq/h...sections.shtml Quote:
https://www.conceptcarz.com/profile/...t-concept.aspx http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1610749412.jpg |
To make the comparison, you need a pic of a standard Austin 1800.
Here's the one I used to have: https://i.postimg.cc/mg3WYHKS/austin-1800.jpg Poor aero, ho-hum engine but just brilliant suspension (Hydrolastic). I can talk for hours on that suspension design. (Helped by a very stiff body.) |
Monza GT
It may have been 'Wild Bill' Mitchell who told Larry Shinoda that his Corvair MONZA GT looked like a 'potato.'
No good deed goes unpunished. Complify and subtract lightness!;) |
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Looks like a Citroen SM to me.
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https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassi...O17-engine.jpg https://www.curbsideclassic.com/curb...st-plain-ugly/ I remember this car mainly for the rocker arm front suspension. This is squirreled away in my albums, I guess I liked the sheet metal. https://ecomodder.com/forum/member-f...12137-14lo.jpg Maybe it was the radiator exhausting into the wheelwell? Another Pininfarina re-body: https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassi...98%2C322&ssl=1 [ibid] |
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The 1800 didn't use subframes for the suspension, something rather daring at the time. So Issigonis made it all very strong, but 'smart strong' eg with very deep side sills). You probably got that image from this article; I don't think it has been published online anywhere else (or anyway, it was first published online in this article). |
You're right, of course. Am I Autospeed's problem now?
I remember about the sills, but what impressed me was the tube buried in the bulkhead to locate the Hydrolastic suspension bags. The rear suspension was used by Inrekor on their flat-pack Porsche Speedster chassis: http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/a...image-1871.jpg https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...tml#post533399 From 2011. Inrekor is gone now, but they had an interesting product. |
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I found this weirdness while doing an image search. IKA's South American Shelby: the Lutteral Comahue https://www.hemmings.com/stories/201...tteral-comahue https://img.hmn.com/stories/2015/02/Lutteral_01_700.jpg 1968, 1972? Not related, but shows some of the thinking (outside of the box) of that era. |
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