The Forward Look- more than just fins/Exner SAE Paper

["Don Nonnweiler" <dnonnwei@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think people should read all the threads because saying other people were
wrong, you are correcting things that were not stated and I think threads
should be read more carefully, all the threads pertaining to fins
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From: <Crown58imp@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: IML: The Forward Look- more than just fins/Exner SAE Paper


> Once again, a few of our fellows got their information all incorrect.
First
> of all the Superbird and Daytona were definitely not the first time that
> Chrysler used aerodynamics, not by far. That credit goes to the Airflow.
As I
> explained before, the fins on the Forward-Look cars were not just
appendages
> affixed to the cars to make them pretty. There were a product of
wind-tunnel
> testing by designers, and no Chrysler did not use wind tunnels "just for
race
> cars". The fact is that under normal driving condition the tailfins are
> negligible as far as the performance of the vehicle. The people at
Studebaker
> simply tacked-on fins to a four year old body design to bring it up to
date.
> When you say that fins were just something to make the cars look pretty,
you
> are putting our beloved Imperials in the same class as the Studebakers. To
me
> that's an insult to Exner's design genius and to Mopar products in
general.
> Thank you
>
>          Doug
>         58 Crown coupe ( finned to perfection)
>
>