original price : 90,614 FOR SALE: 1937 CHRYSLER AIRFLOW IN.

I have owned a 36 C9 - entirely incomplete. The Parking 21,090 FOR SALE: 1936 CHRYSLER AIRFLOW IN CADILLAC, MICHIGAN 21,090 66,769. Like other influential streamliners such as the Czech Tatra, the Airflow enjoys a keen following and would be welcome at any major car event. A complete 1936 C9 Airflow Chrysler sedan with intact 323 straight 8 - non running essentially - needing everything - is worth 3000 to 4500. Featured in some of the finest automobile museums and collections around the world and invariably included in any history of automotive design, the Chrysler Airflow may not have been commercially successful but it's legacy lives on in the aerodynamic designs that followed. 1936 Chrysler Airflow C-9 Sedan Recently acquired from a long term collector from Sandy Utah One of only 1,590 Chrysler Airflows C-9 Sedans made in 1936 324 CID inline eight. View now on Used 1936 Chrysler Airflow for sale in Cadillac, MI. Each year Chrysler's designers watered down the original styling to increase sales, adopting a more conventional grille design in 1935. Used 1936 Chrysler Airflow for sale in Cadillac, MI with features and rating. But for the American public its styling was simply too radical, and Chrysler persevered only until 1937, before dropping the model altogether. Powered by a 299ci straight eight, the press was initially enthusiastic about the Airflow, with Harper's Bazaar stating the styling “took your breath away”. Starting with the CU series, the longer wheelbase Imperial CV and CX and the limited production Imperial CW, the latter the largest cars yet built by the Chrysler Corporation with a huge 137.5-inch wheelbase. Described as “The beauty of nature itself” by Chrysler's marketing gurus, the streamlined Airflow was sold in four different versions in its initial year, 1934. Other notable design features included a boot accessible from inside the car and flush-mounted headlamps. Black 1936 Chrysler Airflow for sale located in Glendale, California - 29,500 ( ID CC-1601947). By keeping the car's mass within the wheelbase, the Airflow's passengers enjoyed a superior ride and the interior compartment had far room inside than any of its contemporaries. Adopting a “cab-forward” design, with the engine positioned above the front axle to maximise interior space, the Airflow's construction was equally ingenious, consisting of a steel tube frame with steel panels welded on, an aircraft-inspired technique pre-dating unitary construction by some years. The Airflow's aerodynamic shape was the result of extensive studies carried out in the wind tunnel by the company's engineers, under the direction of Carl Breer, the designer charged with developing new ideas by Walter P Chrysler. One of the most influential American cars of the 1930s, Chrysler's Airflow was unveiled at the 1934 New York Auto Show and is now acknowledged as the first mass-produced streamlined car.

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