mighty big wing for a car that probably didn't reach very high speeds

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10225432136830623&set=gm.2955211774672053&idorvanity=527146584145263

Why the hell did Dodge put a wing on a truck, when the Viper didn't need one? The 2004 Ram SRT-10

it just gets in the way if and when you actually want to use the truck bed

https://www.hagerty.com/media/lists/spoiler-alert-6-cars-that-need-a-rear-end-rethink

a 68 Road Runner that is destined for Pikes Peak... how do I know? I talked to the owner/driver/pilot/awesome guy, and he's got one hell of a story - and a cooler job. He's on the Pikes Peak tech crew at the start of the race!

Richard and his buddy Ben, both grew up with a 68 383 4 speed Road Runner... how unreal is that? But their dads also both died when these guys were young. Tragic, and just unreal coincidence. Now they have partnered on this Road Runner to race on Pikes Peak next year, June 21, 2026

Ben's father passed away in 2023 three days before he was set to race for the first time at Pikes Peak. 

The first car he built with his dad was a 68 Road Runner and when Richard asked him if he could drive any car in Pikes Peak race, what would be? 

Ben responded "a road runner " 

Since Richard's father also had a Road Runner, things got really interesting. Richard lost his father in the Oklahoma City bombing and had been holding on to his dad’s car ever since. And both of their dad's cars were 68 383 4 speed cars!

That day the idea was born to build it for Pikes Peak. With some amazing help, the Road Runner was built in only 94 days to make SEMA. 

The team at Apex Auto Works absolutely crushed the build.

hear the story in a podcast at https://www.inwheeltimepodcast.com/restoring-a-roadrunner-a-fathers-legacy/

Richard's hoping to get Isky to sign that decal, it's been on the car forever... I hope he takes the window off the car and finds Isky and gets it autographed! 

I'm loving the wing, and how it attaches! When you figure that adding a wing is going to damage the original body, or the trunk lid, and try to figure out a way to get one on a classic Mopar without damaging anything? Brilliant

Starting with a Nascar chassis, removing 208 pounds of lead ballast in the frame, dropping the body of his dad's 68 Road Runner over that race car chassis, and getting the result that Plymouth was trying for in 1968 - a car ready for racing on the Nascar / Grand National tracks

https://www.facebook.com/ApexAutoWorks/

https://apexautoworkstx.com/our-work

https://www.instagram.com/wrenchrally/

https://www.facebook.com/ben.ryan.35175633/

Ever heard of the Lancia Thelma 8-32? Made by Ferrari, with a 308 engine, assembled by Ducati, and had the first motorized wing, that retracted flush with the trunk lid (thank you Mike!)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancia_Thema

I can't recall the last time I saw a wing that was mounted to the chassis, not the trunk lid!

 

I had no idea that there was still a Briggs Cunningham company, but, they are putting out a 60th anniversary Corvette, the "Briggs" edition, and look to sell 100 of them

https://cunninghamautomotive.com/products/cunningham-corvette-2-60th-anniversary

Lingefelter engine, and the tail spoiler disappears into the "Speedtail" when stowed.

But the images show some other interesting positions as well

factory wing, no wing, or whale tail?

 

https://www.facebook.com/david.kruk.1

it's weird to see a Lincoln with a weird wing

 

it took a lot of experimenting before all the problems were worked out, and the top fueler was perfected

https://kustomrama.com/wiki/File:Island-dragway-1960s-don-garlits-swamp-rat-v.jpg

and people gripe today about kids putting too many wings on their Honda Civics

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stiffspeed/permalink/2051546141658658/

this looks like someone has a big budget for aero add ons to this Toyota Starlet

1967, Jim Hall and his Chaparral 2G.

https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/ms240cw5221

probably the biggest wing there ever was in racing

https://primotipo.com/2014/11/30/john-surtees-world-champion-50-years-ago/

The "cow catcher" on the 1971 Lola of Jackie Stewart

https://primotipo.com/2015/10/23/jackie-stewarts-1971-canam-lola-t260-chev/

there are a variety of rear spoilers used to help with top speed downforce and traction on the Optima Challenge cars

This GS, I am not sure if that is a Hurst Olds wing, or a GTO Judge wing, or something else entirely

Ever stare and drool over a Countach? Ever wonder why some have the wing, and some don't?

That iconic rear wing was purely cosmetic. The Countach actually suffers front axle lift at high speed, and bolting a park bench out back only exacerbates the issue. But customers loved the look, so engineers zeroed out the wing’s angle, rendering it nonfunctional. Designed as a one-off for F1 impresario Walter Wolf, the spoiler wasn’t an official option, either.

 Once it caught on, circa 1976, Lamborghini couldn’t afford to re-homologate the car with a new aero appendage. As a workaround, completed cars were pulled off the assembly line and into the factory parking lot, where employees installed the rear wing—using an electric hand drill—while awaiting dealer transport. The job took about 10 minutes.

http://www.thedrive.com/vintage/5226/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-lamborghini-countach

My favorite Metro

For a full gallery of photos from every angle: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/04/more-fun-per-pound-than-fun-park.html