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Post by kuzlynn on Sept 1, 2022 6:33:42 GMT -5
I found this on the Dan Gurney website taken by Joe Hayashibara and it shows the scale models that were used to design the Toyota Celica GTO. Not often that you see wood and clay models from designers. Being modelers, I thought you would like to see them.  |
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Post by Gary Davis on Sept 1, 2022 12:34:16 GMT -5
Now those look cool for sure.
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Post by indy on Sept 1, 2022 12:56:49 GMT -5
Cool picture. Great to see the wind tunnel scale models.
I was wondering originally if this picture was from when they ran. The guy on the left has a Texas Motor Speedway shirt with a NASCAR 50th anniversary logo on it. TMS opened in ‘97 and N’s 50th was 1998, so it cannot be from earlier than 1997.
Jordan
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Post by Chris on Sept 1, 2022 22:02:15 GMT -5
Interesting fact, The AAR Wind Tunnel is 1/10th scale. When Gene Husting, Mike Reedy and of course my Dad started to make modern Radio Controlled cars they built them in 1/10th scale, Dan was nice enough to allow my Dad take some of the 1/10th scale Wind Tunnel Models to Lloyd Asbury and vacuform them in Lexan for the R/C Cars. and it stuck. To this day most R/C racing is done in 1/10th scale. We had the 72 Eagle and other years, Lola T70 and T160, McLaren M6a and M8b and a few others that Dan had over at the shop that they were using to do Wind tunnel testing on.. Good time to be a kid that's for sure. Wish I had a few of those models! .. Chris
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