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On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 22:08, Constantino Tobio wrote: > David wrote: > > >uh-oh....be careful what you wish for, Jim..... > >I can see it now.....a string of T3's headed out to Portland....all with > >little cloth pieces taped to the bodies so we can all see the aero effects > >on our cars.....lol....I'm in!!! > > > > > > > Sounds like a worthwhile exercise- get a notch, fasty and square, tape > yarn to the body and videotape it from two angles (side and rear). I > would love to see the results. > We did this at the dealer back in the late 60's early 70's. Then used an airplane to generate the air flow over a Squareback. The customer had seized pistons twice. Come to find out, he had a home made bug shield he used on the highway. A sheet of lexan that covered the whole front of the car. It was like pushing sheet of plywood thru the wind. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~