![]() (emails are monitored for fraudulent activity. It featured wider front seats and deeper back seats with more passenger leg room. Basic Airflow Club membership is 35 per calendar. Follow the directions printed on it to join the Airflow Club or to renew your membership. To join, click the appropriate Membership Form below and download it to your computer. The smooth exterior design meant there was a quieter passenger compartment, along with other benefits. Airflow Club membership is the very best way to get information and obtain rare parts for Chrysler and Desoto Airflows. 1935 marked the second year of production for the Airflow, distinguished by a revised grille treatment, proudly topped with a goddess mascot. From the front bumper back, the design represented the first major attempt to smooth away the wind catching objects and channels found on other cars of the era. Presented with a well-preserved older restoration, this 1935 DeSoto SG Airflow 5-passenger coupe is a fetching example of Chrysler Corporation’s cutting-edge streamliner. The Airflow was a dramatic departure from traditional styling practices. The DeSoto SE sedan was powered by a 241 cubic-inch six-cylinder motor that developed 100 horsepower. The Airflow was the first mass-production automobile design with the entire passenger compartment moved forward within the wheelbase and the engine placed over the front axle instead of behind it. While largely shunned by the car buying public, the radical streamlined design of the Airflow was truly ahead of its time. At the same time it was both an incredible engineering success, as well as a crushing commercial failure. Airflow' design, applied to both Chrysler and its sister marque DeSoto, is one of the most important cars of all time. COOL.OUT OF LONG TIME STORAGE.BLACK PAINT.TAN INTERIOR.FLATHEAD SIX ENGINE.THREE SPEED MANUAL TRANS. The interior looks nice from what we can see, so this might not be a laborious project to at least get back on the road.1935 DESOTO AIR FLOW.SUPER. It is reputedly the earliest known DeSoto Airflow to exist. It runs well but needs a major service and a complete brake system overhaul. It is an Indiana car that has suffered some rust to the right side rocker panel. The machine was painted grey when built but wears black now which the seller believes will clean and shine up nicely, although the bumpers are pitted. From the description of the 1934 De Soto Airflow: This is an all original car that has never been apart. No attempt has been made to start it as the keys are missing and the title is MIA, too, so it will be sold only with a bill of sale. The DeSoto has a 241 cubic inch flathead-six engine with 3-speed manual transmission using an overdrive. It’s being sold out of an estate after having been in storage for at least 35 years. DeSoto’s print advertising now modestly presented the Airflow as a companion to the Airstream DeSoto, and the Airflow was quietly retired after 1936. The seller indicates his 1935 Airflow SG (a trim designation) was one of only 418 coupes built that year. ![]() The volume of sales was below expectations and the cars may have been considered too radical by a buying public that was just starting to bounce back after The Great Depression. Rumors surfaced that the design was unsafe, but those were unproven and may have been started by jealous competitors.Īfter building 55,000 copies of both the DeSoto and Chrysler Airflows, production stopped. The Airflow split the windshield into two panes of glass with each angled to better redirect the air around them and the rear wheels used skirts to redirect the flow of air, as well. The headlights were integrated into the design rather than just hung on and the grille was set up in a broad, waterfall style. The Airflow’s design attempted to smooth away the wind-catching lines found on other autos of the era. There was a lot of fanfare when these cars were introduced. ![]() This remarkable find is available in Covina, California, and here on eBay where the bidding stands at $9,850 with the reserve unmet. This 1935 DeSoto Airflow was found in storage where it had been for many years (last registered in 1986). Known today for their revolutionary styling and mechanical innovations, the cars were considered a marketing failure at the time. Both Chrysler and DeSoto sold badge-engineered versions of the same cars from 1934-to 36 (and Chrysler one more year after that). The Airflow was one of the first production automobiles where aerodynamics played a role in the design of the car. ![]()
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