If tail fins don't add stability why do they put feathers on arrows, or tail fins on airplanes? They definitely do aid stability and reduce wind wander. It is a matter of moving the center of pressure behind the center of gravity.
Get a load of this Lotus race car from the fifties. Colin Chapman was the king of functional design but also an engineer with roots in the aircraft industry. If he put fins on a car, it was for a reason and it wasn't to look pretty in a showroom.
Say what you will about the Boys From Marketing, but "They don't write songs about Volvos" is a damn good line, especially hovering over that viciously aggressive Vette's back.
Sorry Lizzie, not even close. For male overcompensation, nothing and I mean nothing, beats the Jaguar E Type! Freud could have written several volumes on that car and a certain P word symbol!That particular car was the zenith of the postwar male overcompensation styling craze.
DIE MILK FACE!! Yes dear, I'll drive right over to the A&P and get the Velveeta. DIE MILK FACE!
"Crime Story" with Dennis Farina.
I don't know about that......For male overcompensation, nothing and I mean nothing, beats the Jaguar E Type! Freud could have written several volumes on that car and a certain P word symbol!
Just look at the nose of the E Type, nothing has ever beat it, (pun intended)!I don't know about that...
Every on I send this dumb song to gets a kick out of it! I only understand a few words, Porsche, BMW (BMV) and Volvo 142. I like how he says Volvo Un ferty two!Turns out, there are lots of songs about Volvo's!
Russian ZIS-112 "Cyclops" (1951)Sorry Lizzie, not even close. For male overcompensation, nothing and I mean nothing, beats the Jaguar E Type! Freud could have written several volumes on that car and a certain P word symbol!