{"id":11087,"date":"2022-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studebaker.priemerhosting.com\/1934-chrysler-airflow\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T00:00:00","slug":"1934-chrysler-airflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/1934-chrysler-airflow\/","title":{"rendered":"1934 Chrysler Airflow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Chrysler was known for his willingness to push the envelope of innovation, and his company\u2019s 1934 Airflow was no exception. Chrysler engineer Carl Breer styled the radical body shape through the use of a wind tunnel. Breer\u2019s colleague, Fred Zeder, created an early \u2018unibody\u2019 design consisting of a square tubing skeleton welded to the chassis. The Airflow offered a host of advanced features, including all-steel construction and a vee-profile windshield.<\/p>\n<p>Hailed by the motoring press as revolutionary, the Airflow was spurned by the public as too radical. Low sales saw Chrysler facelift the line to a more conventional look in subsequent model years before discontinuing it entirely in 1937.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 95px;\" width=\"787\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">\n<h4><strong>Country of Origin<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\n<h4><strong>Engine<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">\n<h4><strong>Horsepower<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">\n<h4><strong>Number Built<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>United States<\/td>\n<td>Inline Eight, 299 C.I. (Ford)<\/td>\n<td>122<\/td>\n<td>8,389 (732 Coupes)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Exhibited courtesy of Charles W. and Charlotte Cochran of Shelbyville, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9024 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Streamline_822_1-for-website-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Hood Ornament on a Chrysler Airflow. Two long wings sit on the front of the hood.\" width=\"495\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Streamline_822_1-for-website-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Streamline_822_1-for-website-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Streamline_822_1-for-website-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Streamline_822_1-for-website.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 88px;\" width=\"842\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"900\">\n<h4><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Despite its lukewarm reception, the Airflow spawned several imitators, including the Toyota AA and the Peugeot 202.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsouthbend.com\/\">Visit South Bend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>About this Series<\/h2>\n<p>Streamlined: Style on Motion was on display at the Museum in 2019.\u00a0 This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/blog-category\/streamlined-style-in-motion\/\">series of articles<\/a>\u00a0comes for the displays from that exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2628 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SNM_StreamlinedLogoRGB.png\" alt=\"Streamlined Logo\" width=\"7052\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SNM_StreamlinedLogoRGB.png 7052w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SNM_StreamlinedLogoRGB-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SNM_StreamlinedLogoRGB-1024x145.png 1024w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SNM_StreamlinedLogoRGB-768x109.png 768w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SNM_StreamlinedLogoRGB-1536x218.png 1536w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SNM_StreamlinedLogoRGB-2048x290.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 7052px) 100vw, 7052px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Chrysler was known for his willingness to push the envelope of innovation, and his company\u2019s 1934 Airflow was no exception. 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