chrysler airflow

[Mark Evans <evansma@xxxxxxxxxx>]

An interesting historical tidbit on the Airflow was that the Japanese were
quite taken by the Airflow. So much so that, in 1936, Toyota (then known as
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works) produced their own hand-built version. Here's a
picture of the 1936 Toyoda Model AA next to a 1934 DeSoto:
    http://www.1000islandstoyota.com/pages/linkpage.html

Over 1,400 of these cars were produced. This success spurred Kiichiro Toyoda
to found Toyota Motor Corporation in Koromo, Japan, in 1937. Today, this
town is known as Toyota City. Although credited to W. Edwards Deming,
through the Toyoda AA, Kiichiro introduced the world to "Just-In-Time"
manufacturing processes being heralded today.

Here's a link to a re-creation of the AA assembly line and a lot more
history on this car.
    http://www2.aia.pref.aichi.jp/voice/no13/13_cutting_edge.html

Just more proof of the engineering prowess of Chrysler and the Airflow!

Mark Evans
1963 Imperial Crown Convertible
http://www.io.com/~maevans/MyImperial/index.html
1968 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible
http://www.io.com/~maevans/MyPolara/index.html