Leno gets Turbine car

[gohogs]

For those of you that saw the one at the St. Louis Transportation Museum at MV6, Leno got one of the remaining Turbine cars from the Chrysler Museum. Here's a photo from his garage.

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[2,4shofast]

I have seen the feature on it, pretty neat for the time just very unpractical. Jay needs to give me a few of his cars:banana:

[FastMerc]

There is still one at the Henry Ford.

[Donny Carlson]

They were pretty good cars, but emissions standards killed em dead.

[SC Cheesehead]

I have seen the feature on it, pretty neat for the time just very unpractical. Jay needs to give me a few of his cars:banana:

We got to see one up front, personal, and operating in St. Louis last year. Pops even got a ride in it.

[Blk Mamba]

I saw one driving on the road in the late 60's, w/ a mfgrs. plate on it, driving through Avon N.Y.

[SID210SA]

I saw that car in St. Louis....it was neat looking and very clean....as one should be if it were in a museum....Glad I got to see that piece of history.

[Krytin]

I remember seeing one at the '64/'65 NY World's Fair.

They were handing out scale models - I wish I still had that!

[2,4shofast]

We got to see one up front, personal, and operating in St. Louis last year. Pops even got a ride in it.

That is awesome! I want to ride in Jay's SHOGun :D I can dream right? Do you know what Pop's thought of it? Was it loud?

[gohogs]

I won't put words in Pops mouth, but as I remember, it sounded like a loud vacuum cleaner.

[RF Overlord]

I was there with Pops and got to watch him get in and take his ride around the main parking lot...I'm not sure which one of us was grinning more...it was a rare privilege for ANYONE to get a ride in that car. Now I can say "I know a guy..." ;)

I wouldn't say it sounds like a loud vacuum cleaner...I've heard many vacuums that were way louder than this car, although it is very distinctive...similar to that of a small jet airplane idling. Smelled like one, too... :D