What the heck?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 06/26/2016 at 23:06 • Filed to: None

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Near Apple Valley, California

TylerLinner > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/26/2016 at 23:17

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Flow through ventilation!

Blondude > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/26/2016 at 23:19

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What the heck what? All I see is an awesome ‘58 Continental.

Frenchlicker > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/27/2016 at 03:55

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I’m confused, what is the question questioning?

Schaefft > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/27/2016 at 06:48

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Love the ‘58-’60 Continentals, its hard to find anything more over the top.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Blondude 06/27/2016 at 07:50

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why did they do a reverse angled rear window like that?

TheRealBicycleBuck > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/27/2016 at 09:28

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Perhaps they were going for a Kline–Fogleman airfoil ?

OPPOsaurus WRX > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/27/2016 at 09:49

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kinda like what happens behind a truck cab I guess

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/27/2016 at 09:56

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So heavy the suspension collapsed.

TheRealBicycleBuck > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/27/2016 at 11:03

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A friend of mine and I had the tailgate up or down argument. He thought it was better to have the tailgate down. I figured it was better to have the tailgate up. Testing on many models shows that up is better ( https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid… ).

But that isn’t why I won the argument. He hit a set of railroad tracks at speed and his tailgate disconnected from the truck when one of the support wires broke. He dragged it for 1/4 of a mile before he could find a safe place to pull over. That was the last time he drove with the tailgate down.

The argument then became “tailgate on the truck or off”.

OPPOsaurus WRX > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/27/2016 at 11:19

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lol i’m guessing ‘at speed’ and the road speed limit are not the same number

TheRealBicycleBuck > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/27/2016 at 11:53

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You guess correctly, sir.

Speed limit, 45.

Actual speed, 85 (ish).

Distance traveled through air after hitting tracks, unknown.

Blondude > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/27/2016 at 15:32

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It looks cool. Plus it set it apart from the Capri and Premiere that shared a body and the huge flat piece of glass let them incorporate their “Breezeway” retractable rear window. Even the convertible models were like that.

“Normal”-looking rear window:

Rykilla303 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/27/2016 at 17:06

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acceptable stance

Berang > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/27/2016 at 19:00

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It’s so the rear window could roll down without taking up any trunk space.

But then you have cars like the ford Anglia

Or the Citroen Ami 6

Where ostensibly the reverse window keeps the glass dirt and rain free.

Or cars like the Mazda Carol:

Where the window allowed a three-box body without having the rear seat passengers hitting their heads on the glass.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Berang 06/27/2016 at 20:33

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As a rule, I prefer four-door cars, but that red coupe is really handsome. In all, it’s one of those cars that startles me initially, but then rapidly grows on me.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/27/2016 at 20:34

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Tailgate also helps the bed keep its shape.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Rykilla303 06/27/2016 at 20:36

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That’s not a stance. That’s sitting on the ground.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/27/2016 at 20:47

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Excellent point.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/27/2016 at 20:52

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Search ventilated tailgate . Less than $200.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/27/2016 at 20:59

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Funny thing is, the aerodynamics of the truck are designed around the tailgate being in place. Some of the places that took on the tailgate up/down argument also tested nets. They found that replacing the tailgate with a net is worse than either the tailgate up or down.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/27/2016 at 22:03

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Dammit!

just-a-scratch > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/29/2016 at 16:14

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It looks nifty. I wonder if it keeps rain off the rear glass when you're underway.