Turbine Cars...

[cr8crshr]

I remember seeing one in a 4th of July Parade back in '63. Neat read about them...cr8crshr/Bill

Why Almost All Chrysler Turbine Cars Were Destroyed, And Where The Rest Are Today

The Chrysler Turbine car once seemed like the car of the future - until they were unceremoniously disposed of. Here's what happened to the survivors.

autos.yahoo.com

 

[WileE]

Aah, yes, we heard the rumblings of this car back then, and anxiously awaiting its arrival. Which never happened.

 

[toolmanmike]

There was a display at MCACN in 2019. Cool stuff!

 

[chargervert]

Turbine car at the National Mall in Washington DC.

 

[chargervert]

My wife her sister,and brothers in the Chrysler Turbine car at Chrysler Pavilion at the New York world's fair in 1965.

 

[chargervert]

Two Turbine cars,at the Chrysler historical display at Carlisle this year.

 

[RemCharger]

I've seen the 2 Detroit ones first hand.

 

[chargervert]

More pics from the 1965 World's fair.

 

[matthon]

 

[Budnicks]

4 left in 1998
maybe 5 Jay Leno owns one of them now

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[chargervert]

All these pictures were from the 1965 New York Worlds Fair. The first picture is the theater where a Chrysler promotional film was shown. The second picture shows the giant white car that was at the Chrysler Pavilion. The third picture is My wife Robin,the tall girl in the backseat,her sister Karin,and her brother Steven. In the front seat is her brother Bill. After seeing the promotional film in the theater,they were asked to check under there seats. Attached to the bottom of the seat her brother Steven sat in was a gold ticket. The ticket was for a ride in the Chrysler Turbine car. The last picture is the track they were given the ride on. My wife left the Chrysler Pavilion believing she had just ridden in what all cars would be like in the future. She remembers the console with all the control levers,and it sounding like a jet plane taking off as the car started to move. The silver prototype 66 Charger was also on display at the Chrysler Pavilion. The front end on the prototype did not make it on the production 66 Charger.

 

[kiwigtx]

 

[Dodge-Scatpack]

I have a tach for a Turbine car.

 

[matthon]

Can't forget the turbine Dart and Fury

 

[64BEL]

I've seen the 2 Detroit ones first hand.

I saw them too. One at the WPC Museum and the other at the Henry Ford Museum.

This is an excellent book.

 

[Photon440]

I saw them too. One at the WPC Museum and the other at the Henry Ford Museum.

This is an excellent book.

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Yes, I bought it years ago, fascinating history going back to the 1954 Turbine Belvedere. All of those Chrysler turbine cars were hand built and unique. They found out that you couldn't even interchange a trunk lid from one car to another.

 

[chargervert]

I bought my wife a Turbine car promotional model at a local swap meet about a couple years ago. All of the 63 Turbine cars were painted Turbine bronze except for one. That one was white. The white car was used in the movie "The Lively Set" this promotional model is a model of the only white Turbine car built.

 

[Davefinan]

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Get that car out of the snow!

 

[Budnicks]

Can't forget the 59 Chrysler Turbine Car

or the others including a 66 Charger