Re: [Chrysler300] Really neat article on the turbine car in Reminisce magazine

["Rob Kern" <robkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello 300'ly to all!
I remember standing outside the Chrysler Pavillion at the New York World's 
Fair  of 1964-1965 at Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York City.  I stood 
for an hour with my Dad watching 2 different colored Turbine cars being 
driven around the paved loop circling the pavillion.  One was completely 
gold and another was the turbine bronze with the black vinyl roof.  Later 
during the show inside the pavillion a white one was rolled onto the stage 
with great fanfare.  Fast forward 3 years later and one of our Boy Scout 
Camp leaders was affiliated with Syracuse University's Department of 
Transportation studies and was telling us about his 3 month on-loan driving 
studies with the Turbine car.  The alternative fuels that could be used with 
that engine was really avant guard technology that would still be highly 
applicable today!  Rob Kern

-----Original Message----- 
From: Albert Vannice
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:42 AM
To: GERALD OLSON ; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Really neat article on the turbine car in 
Reminisce magazine

    I believe that Chrysler made about 50 turbine cars along with 4-5 
prototypes, and about 9-10 were kept after the rest were dumped in the ocean 
to avoid paying taxes!!  I was on the Engineering College organizing 
committee at Michigan State U. in 1963, and I wrote Chrysler if they would 
bring a turbine car to the weekend exposition -- they said yes, so that was 
the only turbine car I've ever seen.  I got to ride in it, and it sounded 
like a big vacuum cleaner, and it would use almost anything burnable as 
fuel, including perfume with alcohol in it!  I was always disappointed that 
it never made it as it was a beautiful car.  I'm glad a few are still 
around.

Regards,

Al Vannice

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From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of 
GERALD OLSON [olson77@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:23 PM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Really neat article on the turbine car in 
Reminisce magazine



Chrysler has two. One in their museum(or stashed at there storage facility 
in Highland Park, Mi. and one at the proving grounds in Chelsea, Mi. The 
Smithsonian has one, Jay Leno has one and The rumers are that two more 
reside in Museums some where here in the USA

--- On Tue, 6/18/13, John Nowosacki 
<jsnowosacki@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jsnowosacki%40gmail.com>> wrote:

> From: John Nowosacki 
> <jsnowosacki@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jsnowosacki%40gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Really neat article on the turbine car in 
> Reminisce magazine
> To: "Tony Rinaldi" <awrdoc@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:awrdoc%40yahoo.com>>
> Cc: "Ronald Kurtz" 
> <mark6268@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mark6268%40sbcglobal.net>>, "David 
> Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:finsruskw%40iowatelecom.net>>, 
> "chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.comClub>" 
> <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 11:31 AM
> I, too, rode in one at the NY worlds'
> fair.  Much better than the Mustang I
> also rode in at that fair.  I think there are two in
> private hands, and one
> or two more in various museums, but all the rest had to be
> destroyed for
> tax purposes.  Even back then gov't was messing with
> our fun cars!
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Tony Rinaldi 
> <awrdoc@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:awrdoc%40yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > There must be at least two that survived. Jay Leno has
> one and there is one
> > in a museum.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > From: Ronald Kurtz 
> > <mark6268@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mark6268%40sbcglobal.net>>
> > Date: Tue, Jun 18, 13 Tue, Jun 18 - 9:55 AM
> > To: David Schwandt 
> > <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:finsruskw%40iowatelecom.net>>,
> Chrysler 300 Club
> > <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>>
> > Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Really neat article on the
> turbine car in
> > Reminisce magazine
> >
> > Hello, Dave:
> >
> > I recall riding in one at New York's Worlds Fair in
> 1964. If I had the
> > money, I
> > would have bought it then and there. If I remember
> correctly, only one
> > survives
> > as copies were subsequently destroyed by Chrysler.
> >
> > Look forward to seeing you again at Carlisle.
> >
> > Best,
> > Ron
> > E #292
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: David Schwandt 
> > <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:finsruskw%40iowatelecom.net>
> > <mailto:finsruskw%40iowatelecom.net> >
> > To: "chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Club" <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>
> > >
> >
> > Sent: Mon, June 17, 2013 12:59:18 PM
> > Subject: [Chrysler300] Really neat article on the
> turbine car in Reminisce
> > magazine
> >
> > Â
> > Just happened across this while sitting in the Dr's
> office this AM
> >
> > Dave Schwandt
> >
> >
> > http://www.reminisce.com/1960s/lucky-family-cruised-in-chryslers-futuristic-
> > turbine-car/
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