Revisiting the Future with the 1963 Chrysler Turbine Car
From the Archive: Chrysler's turbine-powered cars envisioned a future that never came to pass.
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Today I Want This....
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Corban_White
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- Payson, AZ
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
Love the concept! Not sure I'd go AWD but the sleeper factor is off the charts
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- Never Far From Nowhere
Thats because you hate anything thats new and different, old man.
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
Thats because you hate anything thats new and different, old man.
Depends what I'm doing but I do like the RWD stuff for a fun car
Trate D
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Just watched this thing race last night on the hoonigan YouTube channel. It’s unbelievably fast and cleanly built!
Just because it's new and different, doesn't mean it's good.Thats because you hate anything thats new and different, old man.
kmboren
Recovering XJ owner anonymous
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- Southern Utah
Oh he does fun stuff with that car. Watch it drag race then do AWD donuts.
Yeah a Texas speed 427 running 22lbs of boots it doesn’t seem to care how many tires it needs to spin it just does it. I’m a huge fan of that car. All the hand laid carbon fiber with the tinted clear coat so it almost looks black to the fact it’s basically just an s10 front half hahah. Trailblazer ss transmission and transfer case. It’s all easy to get factory Chevy parts.
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- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
My buddy had one of these in high school.
I still want one. 300ZX twin turbo with a t top.
I still want one. 300ZX twin turbo with a t top.
Tonkaman
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- West Jordan
I had one of those for a few weeks. Then the police decided they wanted it more than me ☹️
A local dealership that we work with got this in on (assuming) trade. I don't know if it was a real Roush, but it had all the Roush parts on it. Was fun to drive for the two blocks I got. I bet it would really get up and go given the opportunity.
...Just not too hard, or it would inevitably take out a crowd of bystanders.
...Just not too hard, or it would inevitably take out a crowd of bystanders.
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
I made the mistake of driving a 2016 (?) GT 6 speed a few Saturday's ago. LOVED it. Drove a 2021 GT 6 speed and 2009 GT500 in the same day. REALLY fun cars to drive. The GT500 would kill me within a few months. The slightly milder GT was a really fun car and I think I might last a few years in it? I just want a Fusion with manual trans, RWD and the same powertrain.
glockman
I hate Jeep trucks
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- Pleasant Grove
Just the plain old GT in a 2015+ with IRS is an insane car for the money. They are super fun. My insurance rates can't survive one though.
Spork
Tin Foil Hat Equipped
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- Saratoga Springs, UT
I like the idea of a mustang, I just can't get past the huge A pillars, maybe it's the angle, maybe I'm just the wrong height but I feel like there is a huge blind spot on the left. You know the spot where the school kids are when you stop at a cross walk.
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- Never Far From Nowhere
'64.5 - '73 Mustang's are classic and I love them. After that... meh. I was always intrigued by the Fox-body SVO's because they tried to build a car that was geared towards driving rather than just pure muscle. They're not a good looking car, but I appreciated what the engineers were trying to do. The current 6th-gen cars are ugly as hell (still not as bad as the Camero, though), but I understand that the Eco-boost ones are quite fantastic handling.
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
'64.5 - '70 Mustang's are classic and I love them. The '69 fastback being the best of the bunch by far. After that... meh. I was always intrigued by the Fox-body SVO's because they tried to build a car that was geared towards driving rather than just pure muscle. They're not a good looking car, but I appreciated what the engineers were trying to do. The current 6th-gen cars are ugly as hell (still not as bad as the Camero, though), but I understand that the Eco-boost ones are quite fantastic handling.
Fixed it for you. Not sure what the deal is with the '71-73 'stangs but meh from me (throw a good dose of Cobra Jet in there and it'll make up for a lot).
I drove an Ecoboost Mustang the same day I drove the other Mustangs. It was ok but NOT the GT at all. I bet you could learn to drive it fast but the GT you just drive fast. Perfect for a knuckledragger like me.
A 5.0 Fox body isn't a bad car at all. Doesn't handle specifically well but it's still pretty fun to drive.
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glockman
I hate Jeep trucks
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- Pleasant Grove
As a child of the 80's/90's, the Fox body is my butt fugly guilty pleasure. I wish they weren't made of 80s/90's shit plastic. They are pretty hard to come by in decent shape now.
4x4_Welder
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- Twin Falls, ID
71-73 were the Clydesdale mustangs. Huge bloated boats, poor handling, lots of power until the smog motors caught up to them, but not terrible to fix that. Lots of manual steering/manual drum brake combos out there.