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Smokey the bear, nightmare edition, is from an antique store in Vernon, BC.

3 weird VHS tapes (Raise the Titanic is terrible btw, saw it a year ago) and a bunch of weird comics at Gordon's New and Used in Grindrod, BC.

Included the store pic as it's covered in hub cabs.

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just right

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First Corvette Design with Wind Tunnel Testing

If you take a moment to reflect on the prevailing automotive designs of the 1950s and ‘60s, it’s not surprising that most of them never had the benefit of wind tunnel testing to improve their aerodynamics. In fact, despite early attempts like the Chrysler Airflow (1934-37), most automotive designs gave little attention to the amount of drag produced, instead making a car look like an airplane or spaceship often sufficed. But starting in the 1960s, wind tunnel testing, which had been widespread for aeronautics, began to be applied to cars. The new 1963 Corvette was the first Corvette whose design benefitted from wind tunnel testing, in this case performed on a 3/8-scale model at Caltech’s facilities.

’63 Exclusive Hubcaps

The ’63 Corvette’s split window isn’t its only visual distinction of note. The 1963 car also had unique and elaborate 17-piece hub caps. They were both flashy and expensive to produce, the latter fact resulting in their cancelation, replaced with simple stamped hub caps for the 1964 model year.