Tuesday, December 24, 2013

one of my favorite cars by the design and appearance, the Jag D type







photos from, and a full write up at http://silodrome.com/d-type-jaguar/




black and white, and film clip from http://silodrome.com/onboard-with-mike-hawthorn-le-mans-1956/

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:50 AM

    Beautiful car. Any reason why the fin is asymmetrically positioned on the driver's side?

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  2. the driver's head and helmet are the only aerodynamic obstruction, and the fin is positioned behind that to serve as a headrest, and to then return the air to a non turbulent state by gradually returning the disrupted air to the original flow by the time it gets to the back of the car. The vertical dimension was to give the car stability (in theory) to keep it straight, like the rudder on a boat or airplane.

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