Something unexpected happened en route back home. Parked in front of the Tippy Toe, there do you see it in the side mirror?
A 1936 Chrysler Airflow! Who wants to talk about a dead cow when a beauty like this is sitting in Chaseburg (pop 306) no less. "Stop!" I exclaimed and Natureman didn't argue. He knows about cars. And although he knew about this model had never seen one in person. Natureman insisted I had to get out to take a closer look.
This is one of the first stream lined models but had the misfortune of coming off the lines during the Depression. OOPS is right. Really bad timing. Not a success and not many were made.
We oohed and aahed at all the details like the fender skirt, the
insides - ample leg room, nice upholstery, the dashboard with the key on the passenger side a button starter on the driver's...
the white walls ....
the lights...
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| rear tail light |
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| An inline eight... |
Special touches such as the way the doors closed with the efficiency of a jewelry box, (his simile, not mine) And they did close softly with ease and the nifty front hood support arm mechanism held the hood in place with a smooth catch, another bar adjusts the fenders, the bumper's visible spring like support. Ingeneous as anything bumping into this fender might just be bounced back a half a block. And the windows...
The windows were very unique and really cool as the front window louvered outwards. Talk about air flow/ the first AC!
The side window had a small window within it and could operate independently from the entire window but then could fold back together so that the entire window can be rolled down.
The Airflow is not exactly ecofriendly consuming gas at about 10 miles /gallon but hey if you have $50K today for this gorgeous vehicle, I bet you can afford the gas.
I know you'll enjoy this video as much as I did. How cool is cool? Click on : Chrysler's AirFlow
What a lovely old car. I've never seen a windshield like that, I bet that did feel nice on a hot sticky day.
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