Radical Rookie #254 - Carl Breer Wind Tunnel Test Mule for Chrysler Corporation

[Otto Puzzell]

For one point: identify this car and its purpose.  

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[Otto Puzzell]

Slipping through to the Experts

[fyreline]

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.

[Otto Puzzell]

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.

[Otto Puzzell]

I see them so-and-so's at Hemmings just printed an article about this car, revealing the solution. Those bastards!