12-14-2016, 11:39 AM
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Thank you for finding the long version of that paper.
I knew it was out there. 
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12-14-2016, 03:29 PM
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seifrob — Then there're pizza delivery drivers.
The trailer tail is missing it's bottom 1/3 to clear loading docks. It has no proper difusser.
The proposal for the Type II could be implemented as a box cavity with folding panels; flat top and bottom that fold first with curved side panels that fold over them. |
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12-14-2016, 05:45 PM
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I know its compromise between aero and utility, but I thought it is still worth looking at. It is factory made and DOT approved so it should bring much less attention from these please-men.
Anything but Vg's would be so huge structure it will not get unnoticed. Here you would be pulled over by first cop sooner than you say "safety hazard". But its not the U.S.
Pizza boys - I forgot :-) But, you know, there aren't many in my age anyway. I suppose they don't live long enough ;-)
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12-15-2016, 03:32 PM
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Its funny the full boat tail is not radically different than the shortened tail. I mean .242 vrs .238 is not a giant difference.
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12-16-2016, 09:46 AM
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Last month I saw one of those Freightliner Argosy, with Chilean plates. Even though it didn't look so bad at all, enhancing the aerodynamics of a flat-nose is really quite challenging.
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01-23-2017, 01:38 PM
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How to ruin an E36 BMW 318ti Compact...
...and an E120 Corolla...
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01-23-2017, 05:04 PM
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It's pretty difficult to ruin a 3 series compact, but they done it alright.
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01-23-2017, 05:25 PM
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I love the hoodboot Corolla. Way to go for a pusher trailer design
Only possible with either FWD or rear engine cars.
The Corolla would pale next to a hoodboot Porsche 911 or Ferrari Testarossa 
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01-27-2017, 01:07 AM
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My new favorite bobber truck
I think it's the cable shifter mounted upside down in the roof between the gull-wing doors...
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