Fans of the Chrysler Turbine Car? Photos and links here

[Bob Nossal]

Thanks. My uncle used to work in Chrysler Engineering in the Highland Park HQ. Probably headed to the scrap bin.

 

[slimt]

That Turbine is Very cool. The story of the fate of the rest of those is kind of tough to see. So far ahead of its time.

 

[chargervert]

They were destroyed because Chrysler didn't want to pay the import tarriffs on the bodies,if you have ever seen the video of them being destroyed,it's pretty hard to watch.

 

[Bob Nossal]

It is certainly a sad site. Chrysler continued dabbling in turbines until the late 1970s.

 

[Rat Rod Al]

The Museum Of Transportation in St. Louis had one in there when I went , about 30 years ago. I don't know if it's still in there or not.

 

[kiwigtx]

Here is a Turbine car arriving in New Zealand as part of the World Tour to show it off...

 

[Bob Nossal]

I know of 2 for sure. Jay Leno and The Detroit Historical Museum. I suspect The Museum of Transportation in St. Louis still owns the car which makes 3.

 

[Rat Rod Al]

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Locatio...m_of_Transportation-Saint_Louis_Missouri.html

 

[chargervert]

The Smithsonian has one. The one Jay Leno has came from the Chrysler museum,they had three of them at one time. Supposedly only nine survived.

 

[64BEL]

The Henry Ford Museum has one, too. Or at least it did when I was there about 10 years ago.

 

[VFilms]

My father was a Chrysler/Plymouth salesman and got to drive one. He said it had no 'pickup' but loved the fact there was instant heat in the winter.

 

[odcics2]

I’ll have to post some pics of my turbine stuff.

 

[odcics2]

A few pics of some Turbine goodies.

 

[Budnicks]

IIRC I think there's only 4 still existing today


from 1998 of 3 of the 4 left, of 200 produced

 

[chargervert]

There were 9 that survived, Chrysler tried to donate as many as possible to museums. One of the three in that photo is the one Jay Leno has.

 

[Hey-O]

The Museum Of Transportation in St. Louis had one in there when I went , about 30 years ago. I don't know if it's still in there or not.

It's still there. I worked in the plant a few miles from the museum and every year we had a plant car show. All the employees would bring in their cars. A friend of mine had the job of making sure it showed up every year. It's pretty nice and looked way ahead of it's time. The dash always reminded me of a 1959-1960 Chevy. My brother volunteers there and helps rebuild old train cars and locomotives. It's a fun place to visit.

 

[odcics2]

A little over 50 were produced.