Last week we asked you about a 1970 Spoiler II prototype station wagon. This week I want to know what you think of this. I am sure this is not from Ford and most likely not even from 1969/70. However, it is a good representation of what the 1970 King Cobra NASCAR race car might have looked like.
To me, this looks like a 1:24 scale model but is very cool regardless. Can you just see David Pearson driving this in 1970? What would it look like in red and white with #21 on the side and Cale Yarborough over the driver’s door?
I think that it would have needed some sort of rear spoiler. From everything that I have read, the front end of the prototypes created so much downforce that the rear tires became air born at about 200 mph. I don’t know if Ford would have used something similar to what was on the Spoiler II (an easy solution by using the corporate parts bin items) or if they would have gone whole hog with something more in line (and height) of what was on the MOPAR cars.
If I had been making the decision, I would have gone with the big wing, as the vertical supports doubled as a rear stabilizer (similar to the tail on an airplane).
It’s just a shame that the rear of the 70 was less aerodynamic than that of the 68 and 69 Fords. (Imagine what a Talladega, or a Spoiler II, with a King Cobra front clip, and a MOPAR style wing on the back might have accomplished…)