![]() ![]() They discovered that the conventional two-box design of cars was actually aerodynamically more efficient if turned around backwards. As early as 1930, engineers Owen Skelton, Carl Breer, and Fred Zeder, nicknamed the Three Musketeers, were conducting wind tunnel tests with the cooperation of Orville Wright to discover the most efficient shape that could be adapted to automobile design. Style, design, marketing, manufacturability and many other elements of the car business followed engineering. Chrysler's leadership, the company developed and produced innovative improvements to how cars worked. It is sometimes said that, in the 1930s at least, Chrysler as an automobile company was driven by engineers and engineering. Trails of Triumph part 3, the last 6 minutes of the 34 Chrysler training filmġ934 Chrysler Airflow Advertisements 3.17 MBġ934 DeSoto Airflow Advertisements 3.27 MBġ935 Chrysler Airflow Advertisements 4.19 MBġ935 DeSoto Airflow Advertisements 5.39 MBġ936 DeSoto Airflow Advertisements 1.26 MBġ937 Chrysler Airflow Advertisements 513.44 KBġ935 Chrysler & Custom Imperial Brochure 3.94 MBġ936 British Airflow Brochure - Kew 6, Wimbledon 6, Richmond 6 5.39 MB Trails of Triumph part 2, 11 more minutes of dealer training and advertising selling the Airflow Trails of Triumph part 1, 11 minute period video of 1934 Chrysler Airflow Bonneville speed and cross-country fuel economy tests. A classic!ġ934 Chrysler Airflow Safety Test, 2:38 period video proving Airflow safety ![]() 12 minute period video describing the need for streamlining and Chrysler Airflow's solution.ġ934 Chrysler Airflow Goes Over the Cliff, Road&Track published period video proving Airflow ruggedness. Fascinating background on early streamlining projects and Airflow development, previously published in Cars & Parts.įashioned by Function. The History of Chrysler's Airflow Car, 2016 video on the significance of the Airflowĭon Butler article, Adventures in Airflow, part 1. Howstuffworks multipage article: 1934-1937 Chrysler/DeSoto Airflow.īreer, Carl: The Birth of Chrysler Corporation and Its Engineering Legacy, 1995, Society of Automotive Engineers (sometimes available on Amazon and eBay)ĬARSTUFF audio podcast on The Chrysler Airflow Jay Leno article from P opular Mechanics, When Car Design is Ahead of its Time. Walter Chrysler Defended the Airflow in 1935, previously published in Old Cars, 2004 Sources and additional references are provided at the end of the article. Scientific American article on History of the Airflow CarĬhanging Winds: The 1934-1937 Chrysler Airflow. History of the Airflow, a concise summary with photos by Jim Lightfoot Here are some links to explore for more on the development history of these trendsetting cars. ![]() All told, about 55,000 Airflows were produced. Airflows were more expensive than Airstreams, and both were higher than the low-priced Fords and Chevrolets of the era. DeSoto offered only Airflows for 1934, but they quickly added an Airstream model as well for 19 that, as with Chrysler, outsold the Airflows. ![]() They outsold the Airflows by a wide margin. Airflow sales were weak, even allowing for the depressed economy. Chrysler sold a parallel line of more conventional cars, called Airstream, during Airflow production from 1934 through 1937. ![]()
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