Turbine 914 / Chrysler turbine was a Ghia body ? So?, “ It keeps me sharp, on the edge , where I gotta be.” Options

[thelogo]

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what are the technical hurdle's involved in turbine automobiles ,

i know tanks can be turbine powered and i'm sure torque is abundant but milage

is poor .


Also , Rotary Radial anyone , never even heard of this until yesterday .

not a rotary or a radial , but a engine where the whole engine spins ???

some body explain that to me .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_engine

[Pat Garvey]

I was 17 & working for a pharmacist in northern Kentucky. He had no pull with anyone, but one of these (they said 6 nationwide) was dropped in his lap for a week. I was his delivery boy.

It was ugly! It was cool! It ran on virtually any available fossil fuel. It was reallt quiet! I was not permitted to drive it.

Here's what I remember, other than it being ugly.

It was very luxurious. It was very quiet. It emitted heat from the rear that was unbelievable & would have fried the radiator of anything behind it (the heat cracked our drugstore window!, which Chrysler replaced! I still remeber the 80+ year old mother of the owner's wife sceaming "get that montrosity out of here before it burns the place down".

It was cool at the time (to me), but it was a slug.

Wow, I can't believe someone dug this up!
Pat