I hope someone tells Rolls Royce prototype designers that tiny detail about streamlining the front tires... it changes the aero dymanics a lot when you turn them... aka the Stutz Blackhawk effect

Rolls Royce Motor Cars has unveiled a concept car that showcases what the firm thinks luxury vehicles might look like in 100 years' time. The "Vision Next 100" is a 5.9 metre-long zero-emission, self-driving car complete with an artificial intelligence virtual assistant and a silk sofa – but no steering wheel.

Keep in mind the following is a 360 degree video, pull it around



http://phys.org/news/2016-06-rolls-royce-luxury-vision-future.html
http://www.gizmag.com/rolls-royce-concept-vision-next-100/43893/

The Stutz effect I mentioned in the title? That's due to what they learned when land speed racing on Daytona Beach with the Stutz Blackhawk.

At 220, it went barrel rolling... you simply can't change the aero at that speed without disastrous effect

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/10/no-info-was-with-this-streamliner-so-if.html

probably the world's fastest Saab...1964 Saab Model 96

Found on http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51567&page=272

http://s7.photobucket.com/user/DCarr511/media/Speed%20Week%202008/PICT0038.jpg.html

a Dodge Stratus engine from 90s, a DOHC, four-valve straight-four is powering this streamliner

the builder/racer/owner knows his stuff too... he's got 22 records already in land speed racing, and 3 were while he was in college. Now he's an engineer in the engine technology dept of Mopar, and the current record holder in his class (under 3 liters) at 291 mph

This straight four.. has 800 hp. Twin turbos, then a super charger. Damn.

Full story at http://www.hotrod.com/features/srt-engineer-dynos-800hp-twin-charged-bonneville-streamliner-in-his-backyard-pool/

Black and gold on the dry lake of El Mirage, the Ralph Schenck streamliner. It made its debut at the May 1940 SCTA meet at Harper Dry Lake with a debut speed of 118.57 mph.

https://www.facebook.com/Alte-Bilder-aus-vergangenen-Tagen-f%C3%BCr-Autofans-1476668465925600/?fref=photo

 Ralph had raced a roadster at the dry lakes in the 1930s, and in 1939 he decided to build a streamliner. He designed the body similar to the Harry Miller Golden Submarine, and built the chassis and frame while Joaquin Grosso formed the aluminum body panels.

A 183-cubic-inch Chevrolet block with an Oldsmobile head was fitted with Ford crankshaft and rods and a Winfield cam. It made its debut at Harper Dry Lake on May 19, 1940, and achieved a top speed of 118.57 mph. After many runs, the car was sold in 1945. The car’s body was damaged in the runs and was thrown away. The car itself was dismantled and the chassis and engine separated but they were both kept safe by Duane Steele.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachments/sch2web-jpg.671850/

Clipping from a Popular Mechanics, the word Screwdriver refers to the car club it was in, the Culver City Screwdrivers

The current owner (Terry Baldwin of Ventura, California) began its restoration in the 1970s, using many original plans and photographs from Schenck.

The car was shown at the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in its circa 1940 configuration:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/lakes-pictures-p-r-c.943878/page-7

https://www.flickr.com/photos/12226979@N03/4900059394/
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/ralph-schenk-streamliner.364511/page-3
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/ralph-schenck-streamliner-pb.516756/

and it was at the 2016 Grand National Roadster Show, I didn't notice it, but it was in the background of a couple photos I too