General

Articles

• Story of the Airflow Cars, Chrysler Engineering overview of the Airflow program 30 years later. Interesting and mostly accurate. 

• History of the Airflow, a concise summary with photos by Jim Lightfoot

• Scientific American article on History of the Airflow Car

• Wikipedia article on Chrysler Airflow

• Changing Winds: The 1934-1937 Chrysler Airflow. Sources and additional references are provided at the end of the article.

• Walter Chrysler Defended the Airflow in 1935, previously published in Old Cars, 2004

• Jay Leno article from Popular Mechanics, When Car Design is Ahead of its Time.

• Howstuffworks multipage article: 1934-1937 Chrysler/DeSoto Airflow. 

• Fashioned by Function - 1934 DeSoto Airflow Hemmings Motor News, Sep 2013

• 1934 De Soto Airflow  Hemmings Motor News, November 2015

• 1935 DeSoto Airflow Sedan - Farther Out Hot Rod Network, December 2013

• Chrysler Airflow, by Jack Nerad, AutosWalk.com

• Lord K's Garage - #93 Chrysler Airflow, June 17, 2011

• Collectible Classic: 1934-1937 Chrysler/De Soto Airflow, Automobile, January 26, 2007

• Too Good to Succeed, the Paris Review, July 23, 2013

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Books

• Breer, Carl: The Birth of Chrysler Corporation and Its Engineering Legacy, 1995, Society of Automotive Engineers (Very good read about the man, by the man, with revealing anecdotes. Sometimes available on Amazon and eBay)

• Hemmings Book of Prewar Chryslers, 1924-1942 

• Standard Catalog of Chrysler. There are various editions of this work, full of details and statistics, mostly correct.

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Media

• CARSTUFF audio podcast on The Chrysler Airflow

• The History of Chrysler's Airflow Car, 2016 video on the significance of the Airflow

• Collection of Airflow cars and literature photos on Pinterest

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Development

Articles

• Don Butler article, Adventures in Airflow, part 1. Fascinating background on early streamlining projects and Airflow development, previously published in Cars & Parts.

• Butler, Adventures in Airflow, part 2.

• 1934-1937 Chrysler/DeSoto Airflow, Auto editors of Consumer Guide, on HowStuffWorks

 

Media

• Fashioned by Function. 12 minute period video describing the need for streamlining and Chrysler Airflow's solution.

• 1934 Chrysler Airflow Goes Over the Cliff, Road&Track published period video proving Airflow ruggedness. A classic!

• 1934 Chrysler Airflow Safety Test, 2:38 period video proving Airflow safety

• Trails of Triumph part 1, 11 minute period video of 1934 Chrysler Airflow Bonneville speed and cross-country fuel economy tests.

• Trails of Triumph part 2, 11 more minutes of dealer training and advertising selling the Airflow

• Trails of Triumph part 3, the last 6 minutes of the 34 Chrysler training film

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Sales Figures

Period Marketing

1936 DeSoto Dealer Handbook

Advertising

1934 Chrysler Airflow Advertisements 3.17 MB

1934 DeSoto Airflow Advertisements  3.27 MB

1935 Chrysler Airflow Advertisements 4.19 MB

1935 DeSoto Airflow Advertisements  5.39 MB

1936 DeSoto Airflow Advertisements  1.26 MB

1937 Chrysler Airflow Advertisements 513.44 KB

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Brochures

1934 Chrysler Airflow fold-out NEW!

1935 Chrysler & Custom Imperial Brochure 3.94 MB

1936 British Airflow Brochure - Kew 6, Wimbledon 6, Richmond 6  5.39 MB

1937 Chrysler Brochure

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