There is another runner in the midwest -- Indiana I think. It was on My
Classic Car a few months ago (and it's in the intro on every show). Jay
Leno was instrumental in getting Chrysler to provide a turbine for the
car a couple of years ago. Dennis Gage and the owner were driving it all
over town on the show. MIC: Elwood Engel fresh from Ford designed the
turbine car (looks T-Birdy) and the '64 Imperial (Lincolnesque).
John B.
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:23:04 -0600 "Chris Boekhout"
<charger69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The only running example of this car that is not owned by
> Daimler/Chrysler
> is in the Museum Of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri.
> http://www.museumoftransport.org/roads.htm
>
>
> >From time to time they bring this car out to the local Mopar car
> shows and
> drive it around giving a few lucky souls rides. It has an erie sound
> to it
> as it drives by, totally unlike anything else on four wheels --
> swoooooosssshhhhh!
>
> One of the demonstrations they perform with the car is this nifty
> little
> trick : With the engine IDLING at 20,000 rpm, they place a nickel on
> top of
> the engine, standing on edge- the engine is so vibration free that
> the
> nickel does not fall over, very impressive piece of machinery.
>
> Chris
>
> 72 Lebaron
> 71 Lebaron,etc.etc
>
>
>
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