CHRYSLER’S TURBINE CAR - The Rise & Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation

By Steve Lehto. Foreword by Jay Leno.

If ever there was a candidate for car of the future then this would be on the shortlist. Following Chrysler's involvement with turbo prop aircraft during the second world war their engineering dept sought to apply the technology to cars.

It took Chrysler's development team less than ten years to create a working protoype under the direction of George Huebner Jr Chrysler's Director of Research. There was certainly a lot of interest in this novel form of propulsion and Chrysler eventually produced over 50 turbine powered cars which were all copper in colour with black vinyl roofs. These were supplied to families who had been selected at random in order to drive and use under normal day to day conditions. This test period lasted from 1963 until 1966 after which unfortunately most of the cars were destroyed although some remain preserved in various museums.

This book aims to find out why the project ended and what happened to the cars and is an ideal distraction from standing in a cold garage over Christmas dreaming of warmer weather! To buy this book why not visit our online store Click Here