tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4622293537556367218.post7901998748642913382..comments2024-03-28T08:27:53.279+01:00Comments on The Presurfer: Virgil Exner's Unusual 1960 Chrysler ConceptGerardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333672630023277239noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4622293537556367218.post-39334411266092358862012-07-21T00:41:29.818+02:002012-07-21T00:41:29.818+02:00soubriquet you're right about the D-type influ...soubriquet you're right about the D-type influence on that tail fin. I always wished Jaguar had made a production version of that than the E-type, the D-Type was much better looking.<br /><br />However the rest of this car looks like something from one of those 1950s "what will we be driving in 1999" magazine articles. To be fair though many concept cars of the era looked like that.Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838231735212300705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4622293537556367218.post-38974137819800087792012-07-17T20:15:26.563+02:002012-07-17T20:15:26.563+02:00Exner, of course, was heavily influenced by the as...Exner, of course, was heavily influenced by the asymmetric, finned, shark-like car that Jaguar were racing, and winning with from 1954 onward. It was Jaguar's ex-aviation designer, Malcolm Sayer, who put a fin behind the driver's head, to reduce drag vortices, and Sayer who specified a wrap-around windshield, also a cover to fit over the passenger side, and a folding windshield, thus greatly reducing drag when no passenger was present.<br /><br />The Jaguar proved itself repeatedly in world class racing, and fathered the E-Type Jaguar. <br />Exner's car was more space-age in styling than jet-age. <br />Maybe if the cars had been built and raced, we'd see them differently, but for me? The D-type wins every time. <br /><br />http://youtu.be/7nbgyUNkLK4soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.com