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^^^ exactly....

you know, i think i know where it come from.

the "stealth" wing as you call it resembles the stereo typical ducks tail. how it bobs up at the end.

duck.gif

hence D-tail or D-Wing. they were common on old style muscle cars ie early corvettes, old mustangs, etc.

so all the ricers these days see "D-wing" and because anything these days that has a capitial D means drift (initial D, D1, etc etc) they see it as drift wing.

there, thats how

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^^^ exactly....

you know, i think i know where it come from.

the "stealth" wing as you call it resembles the stereo typical ducks tail. how it bobs up at the end.

duck.gif

hence D-tail or D-Wing. they were common on old style muscle cars ie early corvettes, old mustangs, etc.

so all the ricers these days see "D-wing" and because anything these days that has a capitial D means drift (initial D, D1, etc etc) they see it as drift wing.

there, thats how

:D:D

Wow perfect explanation :happy:

My apologies to everyone about the miss use of the term "drift-wing", specially to DRD-00F. ;)

Well everything was invented in Japan so actually to be correct it is called a chibi hane

http://search1.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/sea...ccat=2084197400

Chibi of course means small, and hane means wing...

So the correct name for it is "small wing"... LOL

Unless you think everything was invented in Germany where the wing on the 911 is called a bürzel which means ducktail.

The fact things are called Drift-XXXX is purely marketing, just as previously everything used to be called Drag-XXXX, pretty soon everything will be called GT-XXXX and after that something else will come along.

As far as I'm aware all the different names "drift wing" "stealth wing" etc., were started by bodykit retailers here in Australia to sell the wing and make themselves different from what every other retailer was calling it. I believe Signal Auto in Japan were the first ones to make the wing, and therefore whatever they have chosen to call it should be correct.

i shall commence with examples

1. ford GT40. first year of production, 1963

gt40.jpg

2. Chev Camaro. production date late 60s

aloha68camaro-01-02.jpg

3. Pontiac GTO production in late 60s early 70s

72gtoducktail.jpg

4. Ferrari 330 testa rossa. production 1962

1962%20Ferrari%20330%20TRI-LM__03.jpg

now, i think youll agree that all of these predate the current obsession with "drift"

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