Streamlined Automotive Design

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Captured by Tom Winger during his 1979 visit to MovieWorld – Cars of the Stars, this futuristic-looking vehicle is the 1932 Arrow Plane, an early experiment in streamlined automotive design. Commissioned by Chicagoan Lyman Voelpel and built by the Hill Auto Metal Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, the Arrow Plane served as a testbed for the later McQuay-Norris Streamliners. Featuring an aerodynamic, airplane-inspired body with curved glass panels and a teardrop shape, it embodied the push toward efficiency and speed in early 20th-century automotive engineering. Photo from The Tom Winger Photo Collection.



 

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