Re: How a new window idea produced a beautiful new shape for cars
Clare Snyder <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:51:20 -0500
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 06:01:46 -0500, [email protected] (MummyChunk) wrote: >How a new window idea produced a beautiful new shape for cars. > >Here is a roof with a reason. > >In fact, six reasons. > >It opens wide for breezeway ventilation. It is recessed, slants inward, to >stay clearer in rain or snow. When the sun shines hot, the roof shades >rear-seat passengers. Rear-seat headroom is increased. So is visibility (no >rear-window glare). > >The sixth reason is beauty. You ride under the most distinctive roof on any >1963 car. > >'63 MERCURY MONTEREY > > >COMET METEOR MONTEREY: PRODUCTS OF > FORD MOTOR COMPANY LINCOLN-MERCURY DIVISION > > >View the attachments for this post at: >http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=684016631#684016631 That was not a totally novel idea at the time. The "new" 1959 Anglia 105E from Ford of England previewed the design, minus the wind tunnel. https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/forzamotorsport/images/c/c1/HOR_XB1_Ford_Anglia.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20191120220927