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Chrysler Turbine Car
January 17, 2012 by admin
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This is one of the few remaining Chrysler Turbine cars that actually runs. It sounds like a jet airplane!
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What an amazing car …
What an amazing car.
That is sooooo cool …
That is sooooo cool!
@ADSLISKEWL Yes …
@ADSLISKEWL Yes they did but you have to remember back then they did not have Radial tires (SAVES FUEL) the cars back then were made of steel no plastic or composite materials like we have today. They did drive one from NY to LA I believe average like 50 MPH (Consider the roads back then) and it averaged I think it was about 17MPG. With today’s better alloys and CNC machines we do do far better.
@79tazman except …
@79tazman except they use MORE fuel than a standard car
Does anyone know …
Does anyone know what kind of power these cars put out ? Or what the fuel economy was ? Just curious.
@regnidak not when …
@regnidak not when you are inside the car and cruisin’
@CudaHemiTom hey. …
@CudaHemiTom hey……my father was vice president of chrysler canada at one point in his life he brought home this car.for a weekend..everybody crowded around it started like something out of the JETSONS…we were in Detroit at the time and went thru the tunnel to Amherstburg ontario…we fueled with diesel…..but you could feed it anything like banana peels……anyways I was around 15 at the time and really liked the attention the car received…it never went anywhere
Oh yeah, f*ck the …
Oh yeah, f*ck the fuel economy
Muito bom! Não …
Muito bom! Não sabia existia e agora quero um para mim!
@CudaHemiTom ok …
@CudaHemiTom ok thanks il have to check that out
@TRX400atc 1994 …
@TRX400atc 1994 Yes they did! You can read all about it at: allpar.com/mopar/turbine.html
i hate to sound …
i hate to sound like a dumby iv been around old cars all my life and know alot about them but did dodge actully make a car with a turbine engine?
Sounds just like …
Sounds just like knightrider was the transam also a turbine well the tv show one cool
the 63 turbine car …
the 63 turbine car is actually quite beautiful in person. front end looks like the back end of a 61-63 thunderbird.
I love turbines, …
I love turbines, but that sounds like a vacuum cleaner!!!
Turbines were …
Turbines were pricier, but ran FOREVER compared to piston engines.
Damned Politics …
Damned Politics That’s all it was, Not really they were ahead of their time…Plus the car was a bit dangerous lots of power and the electronics wasn’t caught up to keeping time with the turbo’s timing they still had vacuum tubing differently needed a computer to run that car hahaha
I remember this car …
I remember this car well. The exhaust was so cool you could put your hand in it. Chrysler was really pushing this technology until the first OPEC oil embargo hit in ‘74 when the price of gas went up and gas mileage became all important. They simply couldn’t get the mileage up to compete with piston engined cars. Also, the turbines were really expensive. They also had a turbine powered bus. It was so smooth and quiet, not like a piston engined bus. It’s a shame they had to give up on it.
That car is awesome …
That car is awesome if they were smart there would be tons of them on the road today but im sure the big money oil companys would not like that i’m sure thats the reason they had to stop making them
@kblackav8or when i …
@kblackav8or when i say monopoly I know exactly what i mean cause i’m greek and know semantics, earth has over 100 years of hydrocarbon monopoly, you see there is no alternative fuel other than diesel-benzene-gas (all byproducts of crude oil) , i hope that fossil fuel dictatorship to crash and burn.. soon, as far as the turbine chrysler back then there were an anecdote that it could go on after shave or cheap whiskey lol, you see now how oil dictatorship erased that option?
@stELjedi It wasn’t …
@stELjedi It wasn’t oil monopolies. In fact in those days there wasn’t an oil monopoly – mono meaning 1. The car wasn’t all that practical. Probably very difficult to find a dealer who wanted to support it or had technicians who could work on it. I have been around turbine engines for over 20 years and think this was more of a novelty then practical regardless of what fuel you burned in it. Diesel would have been cheapest but average station on the corner didn’t carry diesel generally.
@kblackav8or back …
@kblackav8or back then they could burn anything from diesel to alcohol that was the reason that oil monopolies chose to cancel-ban turbine car
drop ur keys in it …
drop ur keys in it and see the next concord
That is my Uncle …
That is my Uncle Mike that is driving. He is the caretaker of the car. I rode in it too. Neat car.
cool, but too loud
cool, but too loud