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Old 12-21-2008, 10:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Super streamlined VW 'Bug' ( full boattail )

This was built on a VW 'beetle' chassis.

Ironic.


I wonder what his drag coefficient is now .



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Old 12-21-2008, 12:10 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 12-21-2008, 12:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Nice Boat Tail .. hehe
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Old 12-21-2008, 12:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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how do they see?
Why, with the antenna's of coarse
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Old 12-21-2008, 05:18 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Looks like a beetle.
Or a grasshopper.
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Old 12-21-2008, 06:54 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I've seen specs on that car somewhere... it's been around for awhile. I'll look through the history on my old systems and see what I can come up with over the next few days.

PS - I don't think anyone noticed the caster wheel on the back of the boat-tail... in case the car does a wheelie. :P
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Old 12-21-2008, 07:05 PM   #7 (permalink)
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It's a cockroach.
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Old 12-21-2008, 10:25 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Ya, I think it's supposed to be a cockroach... nasty lookin'... and the caster's to avoid scraping the tail on a transition (driveway, entering a parking lot)... tho' you'd better have some momentum to keep it from hanging up the drive wheels!
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Old 12-21-2008, 11:28 PM   #9 (permalink)
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A distant relative of this one: VW Bug Spider Sculpture by David Fambrough in Reno | VW Beetle turned into a Volkswagen Bug Spider Sculpture in Reno, Nevada | Cities & Places Photo Gallery which has been infesting various places around here for years :-)
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that car bugs me (sorry, couldn't resist)

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