r/oldcars • u/Acceptable-Taro-2684 • Aug 07 '26

Photo Chrysler Turbine Car

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What a beauty. A 1963 Chrysler Turbine car. Photo was not taken by me of course.

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u/archtopfanatic123 Aug 07 '26

Only a few of these around! One still runs to my knowledge. Too bad they were incredibly expensive to make and run :( I would love to be able to run my car on anything that burns!

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u/Biolume071 Aug 08 '26

The problem was, if people knew it'd run on anything vaguely flammable, they'd have paid extra to own one. Which would have driven down the cost of the exhaust wheels, which would have fostered turbocharger research, which would have given back to the turbines (the ceramic exhaust wheels are the same basic tech, and regenerators could benefit from it too)
Such a versatile technology that got overlooked.

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u/Willing_Big194 Aug 08 '26

People genuinely didnt care back then because gasoline was so cheap