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Radical Rookie #254 - Carl Breer Wind Tunnel Test Mule for Chrysler Corporation
« on: July 05, 2012, 05:14:06 AM »
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« Last Edit: July 13, 2012, 03:56:36 AM by Otto Puzzell »
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Re: Radical Rookie #254
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2012, 05:00:17 AM »
Slipping through to the Experts
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Re: Radical Rookie #254
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2012, 08:13:04 PM »
Underneath the Carl Breer-designed add-on streamlining, it's a 1934 DeSoto Airflow. All part of the Chrysler Corporations ongoing streamlining experiments in the 1930's, the added streamlining did up the car's top speed from 84 to just over 99 mph, and increased gas mileage from 11.3 to 17.7. Pretty effective stuff, too bad it's so ugly.
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Re: Radical Rookie #254
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2012, 03:55:34 AM »
it is indeed a zeppelin-shaped test car developed by Carl Breer at Chrysler. He claimed a lower 'before' and higher 'after' higher top speed.

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Re: Radical Rookie #254 - Carl Breer Wind Tunnel Test Mule for Chrysler Corporation
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2012, 03:15:04 AM »
I see them so-and-so's at Hemmings just printed an article about this car, revealing the solution. Those bastards!
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