and you thought they were pushed off a boat ?

[Harry P.]

The entire first paragraph is bogus. Ghia only made 55 cars, fifty for the trial driver program, and five for Chrysler to test. The entire Chrysler turbine program started about 1954 and ran until almost 1980. So there wasn't any reason to have a tax write off for the turbine program, since it was already started and didn't end for ten plus years after the crushing of the Ghia turbines. The cars that are left over are from the fifty that were driven in the trial program. Chrysler kept three, one they test crashed and then destroyed. The other two were in the Chrysler museum until they sold one to jay Leno. They still have one.

Well, like I said... I can't vouch for the accuracy of what he said. But he has worked in the auto industry for many years (including Chrysler Corp). So I tend to think a guy who worked for years for Chrysler might know a thing or two about the goings on within the company that the average person might not know or ever even have heard about.

[2000-cvpi]

I understand that, but unless he ran the program, or was higher up in the management of Chrysler at the time it is all hearsay. If you go to this site

Www.turbinecar.com there is interviews from the head of the turbine program at Chrysler, many employees that worked on the program for decades and actual users of the cars during the trial period. There is actual facts about what happened for almost thirty years of the Chrysler turbine program.

[Harry P.]

I guess it all depends on who you want to believe. I don't know one way or another if my sources is correct, or if your website is. All I know is... I don't know!

[Guest]

Does everything here have to turn into a argument?

[mistermodel]

Does everything here have to turn into a argument?

I read on the internet once that yes every thing does.About the only thing I believe

[Harry P.]

Does everything here have to turn into a argument?

I don't see any argument here.

[Guest]

Not on your side, but Corey's tone seems argumentative from my perspective.

[Harry P.]

Not on your side, but Corey's tone seems argumentative from my perspective.

Nah. He just disagreed with my source. No harm done.

[Guest]

Yeah, I guess you are right. Sorry guys.

[Harry P.]

[Guest]

Way cool!

[2000-cvpi]

Not on your side, but Corey's tone seems argumentative from my perspective.

Sorry if my tone came across as argumentative, but it was not intended to be at all. It was simply an attempt to provide more information about the car and program. Its hard sometimes to make a point through typing without causing unintended opinions from others.

[Guest]

No problem Corey, I am sorry as well.

[george 53]

There's one on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, and I THINK theres one downtown at the Detroit Historical Museum too. Don't know if they run, but I THINK the one at the Henry Ford Museum does.

[von Zipper]

I THINK theres one downtown at the Detroit Historical Museum too.

I remember seeing the Turbine car that sat in the big glass front window of the Detroit Historical Museum on Woodward Ave. for many years, I believe it's now housed in a warehouse on the Fort Wayne property

[von Zipper]

This article is not just about the Turbine car but is very interesting in its self

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/detroits-finances-cast-a-shadow-over-a-prized-car-collection.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig

Edited July 29, 2013 by von Zipper

[Ben]

I hate that video!!!! Such a waste of a beautiful car!

[ToyLvr]

I've been a big fan of the Chrysler Turbine Car ever since the 1960s when I was a kid. I followed the program's progress with great interest. I have several of the model kits and promos, and a lot of other related memorabilia. I've been to museums across the country to see the existing cars, everywhere from the Chrysler museum in Detroit all the way to the Petersen museum in LA. I've even travelled to the NATMUS museum in Auburn, Indiana, to see just a single Chrysler Turbine engine they have there (great photo opportunity).

No, this doesn't make me an "expert", but I have tried to educate myself about the subject as much as possible.

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, Steve Lehto's recent book "Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation", (as was refered to in an earlier part of this thread), offers the definitive history of the car. The author also does a lot to help debunk some of the myths that we're arguing, er, "discussing", here. if you're really interested in the Turbine car, check out this book.

I really HATE that video of the Turbines being destroyed. Such an ignoble end to such a great car...