You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by L16pilot

...not completely true Lee. The front spoiler was part of the COPO 3-piece spoiler package that was added later in the '70 model year and was shipped inside the car and then dealer installed. What was never available was the front spoiler with the short 1-piece spoiler in '70.

Thank you for clarifying that. And as noted the car in the photo is wrong as it has the short one piece rear spoiler.

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0523-56...ro-zl1-custom/

It's a Camaro convertible with custom body panels. I like it. What say you?

Looks good. But, man, that is a LOT of work to make a Camaro resemble a 1968 69 Chevelle.

[BCreekDave]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

The front spoiler on a 1970 Z28 joins the following:

Magnum 500 wheels on 69/70 Mustangs
Spoilers on 69 Mach 1's
Red & White engine callout sport stripes on 1970 Cudas
4 speed in a 67 Buick GS 340

All were never available from the factory as options.

Ummm.well sorta. COPO 9796's tall rear spoiler cars in late 70 could be had with the front spoiler
https://nastyz28.com/threads/copo-97...4/#post-228284

[muscle_collector]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

i used to have a 70 challenger r/t 440 6 pack that was panther pink. i was always told it was one of 4 made. after i sold it, i have never heard or seen it again.

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

One Dodge dealership in Darien New York kept a 1969 Charger 500 with a hemi until 1989, and then finally sold it (with 1270 miles on it from parades and events) It's just been sold at BJ for 341K

[Lee Stewart]

The front of the Mustang seemed to be higher than normal. I walked up to the front of the car and raised its hood, only to find an engine bay minus the power plant. Even though the Mustang was void of an engine, I could tell this engine compartment was unlike any other I’d ever seen on a Mustang. The car had an unusually thin radiator with heavy-duty steel brackets that were unlike those on a factory Mustang. The compartment also had a large metal container resembling an oil or water cooler mounted in front of the shock tower on the driver’s side, and like the front and rear bumpers, the passenger side shock tower had a Curtiss-Wright decal. This decal read, “Rotating Combustion Engine — A New Shape in Power.”

[Lee Stewart]

The NACA duct was originally used on jet air craft but the design didn’t pay off big the way engineers had hoped. Turns out the jet engine doesn’t like the turbulent, choppy air pulses that come in from the low boundary layer that NACA ducts take in.

When used on the Douglas YF-93A in tests, the high speed dives the jet was capable of was limited by loss of air to the jet engine due to turbulence. By the time the Douglas YF-93 reached production, the NACA ducts were dropped for another design. While they were used to some degree, it wasn’t the big innovation they were hoping for.

In the auto world, the NACA duct held more promise. It’s compact, low profile so drag isn’t a problem and easy to design. The cosmetic appeal is also high. Internal combustion engines with carbs don’t mind a bit of turbulence before reaching the inside of a carburetor. It helps atomize fuel better and provides cooler air. Cars did end up using the NACA duct to some degree. In fact, Ford used it first on their 1969 Shelby GT 350 and GT 500.

[Lee Stewart]