Last day of Walter P Chrysler museum

[Darthomas]

Lots of people.
I will add a few photos every day.

This is the test dyno Hemi from room 13 dyno bay with its GE generator load.

Here is a 5.7 Hemi cutaway model next to a beautiful aluminum block slant 6.

 

[Darthomas]

Walter at work.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Walter P was an albino?

 

[Darthomas]

Unitized body construction study made of plastic with actual spot welds.

 

[Darthomas]

Walter P was an albino?

The "statues" were all plaster, unpainted.

 

[mmissile]

You got a problem with albinos?

 

[VeryFastCoronet]

Look where he is from.
Might answer quite a few questions?
I once lived there.
LOL

 

[Richard Cranium]

Look where he is from.
Might answer quite a few questions?
I once lived there.
LOL

Oh no, there's much more wrong with me than that.

 

[mmissile]

Fun times, guys.

 

[VeryFastCoronet]

At least we can both admit that! LOL

 

[GTXperience]

Lots of people.
I will add a few photos every day.View attachment 380032
This is the test dyno Hemi from room 13 dyno bay with its GE generator load.
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Here is a 5.7 Hemi cutaway model next to a beautiful aluminum block slant 6.

Thnx for sharing the pics. I'm still pissed it has been closed down!

 

[Budnicks]

Sad day...

Had a great run too...

truly a sad day...

 

[64BEL]

Really glad we made it there a few years ago - was a spur of the moment part of our trip, too.

 

[mopar 3 B]

Look where he is from.
Might answer quite a few questions?
I once lived there.
LOL

Walter P grew up in Ellis, Kansas there is still a museum there commemorating his life.

 

[Darthomas]

The Chrysler tank engine.
Five six cylinder engines gear fed into a common crank. Looks like a Pentastar.
Holy Moley.
This is the durability of the slant six design, born in war.

 

[Darthomas]

Closer look.

 

[Darthomas]

Side view.

 

[BeeKool]

So what happens to all this cool stuff?

 

[mopar 3 B]

Moth balled

 

[Richard Cranium]

I was there back in 2002 when I visited the Viper assembly plant. Definitely a cool place to visit. Too bad it's shuttered.