Non Ford leaps tall cliffs with a single bound

Lawson, when a link doesn't come up (like this one), look at the url see what went wrong. This one had a bunch of extra junk in the trunk. Highlight the junk and delete. It works.
 
It's sad that the sturdier they made the car in those days to prevent damage to it the worse it was for the passengers compared to now when cars are made to crumble to keep the people inside from crumbling.
 
Don't think I'll try any of that,at least not on purpose. I've only seen one of those cars. You'd think there would be more of them around as well as they stood up to all that abuse. Who's Deadeye Don?
 
They drove it off the cliff in a futile effort to improve its looks (sorry Airflow guys!). Edsel Ford saw what was happening with Airflow sales and had Bob Gregorie redesign the front of the Zephyr accordingly (Ford's version of the unibody).
 
Deadeye Don looked like Buffalo Bill Cody...:D The Chrysler Airflow was way ahead of it time in both construction and design:cool:. Unfortunately, the radical design (for that time) resulted in limited sales and the ultimate demise of the mark:eek:. If you are lucky enough to see one at a car show, take a good look at it. I think they were very cool.
 
CBoz said:
They drove it off the cliff in a futile effort to improve its looks (sorry Airflow guys!). Edsel Ford saw what was happening with Airflow sales and had Bob Gregorie redesign the front of the Zephyr accordingly (Ford's version of the unibody).
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Cecil, As you know, Edsel and E.T. Gregorie's Zephyr really cut into the sales of both the Chrysler Airflow and the Cadillac LaSalle, as all three competed in the mid range luxury car category. The Zephyr design proved to be much more popular with the car buying public.
 
The Chrysler Airflow was a very good car for it's time, but the looks just never caught on. After that, Chrysler went with the more conventional look.
MIKE :)
 
I agree Mike, the Airflow was a very advanced car mechanically. Iironically the controversial front-end, which was purposefully designed with the help of wind tunnels, had a higher drag coefficient than the Zephyr, which didn't have all the R&D behind it, but just the "eyeballs" of Tjaarda and Gregorie.

All kidding aside, I actually like the Airflows, and wouldn't mind having one some day.
 
CBoz said:
I agree Mike, the Airflow was a very advanced car mechanically. Iironically the controversial front-end, which was purposefully designed with the help of wind tunnels, had a higher drag coefficient than the Zephyr, which didn't have all the R&D behind it, but just the "eyeballs" of Tjaarda and Gregorie.

All kidding aside, I actually like the Airflows, and wouldn't mind having one some day.
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Don’t forget that both Edsel and Bob Gregory were yachtsmen, which did have a definite effect on the front end design of the Zephyr, most prevalent in the ’39 & ’40 models. The John Tjaarda original design concept was a much smaller car with a rear mounted engine. It was actually Henry Ford that prompted the redesign by Gregory because he refused to build a rear engine car. I don’t think you’ll find too many people that would not agree that Ford built some of the most beautiful automobiles in the low, mid and high priced ranges in the 1930’s & ‘40’s.
 
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