Chrysler Turbine Car Up Close

[Canuck]

Originally Posted by SS427

Such a unique and very cool car. As shame these cars are locked in a storage warehouse and not in a public museum. Thanks for sharing.

I think this is the most beautiful car ever built. Chrysler kept 9 after the other 46 were destroyed in 1966.
Jay Leno has 1
St Louis Transport Museum has one
Gilmore Museum has one
One is in private hands like Lenos
Detroit Historical has the one featured
Peterson Museum has one
Chrysler may still have 2.
Henry Ford Museum has the 9th car.
All 55 cars were offered to museums in 1966 but there were few takers. Those that got them had them delivered without engines although engines were provided in crates.

There is a gut wrenching video some of the 46 cars being destroyed in a Detroit area wrecking yard in 1966.
Chrysler claimed they had to destroy them to avoid paying import duties on the Italian built bodies. It was a muti million dollar program and the taxes would have not been significant over all. The real reason was product liability,they were in fact all experimental cars.

Here is a great site to see all things about the program.

https://www.turbinecar.com/