Jim
Hall's Chaparrals are known for their revolutionary ideas being the
archetype
for many current design details. The Chaparral 2J is the
ground-breaking
"Sucker Car". The 2J generated aerodynamic grip via a snow
mobile
engine hooked up to generate suction along the underside of the
underbody.
Pete Lyons, author of the book Can-Am, generously let us use some of his images and they nicely compliment the page giving us additional insight. Many thanks to Mr. Lyons. |