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1963 Chrysler Turbine

1963 Chrysler Turbine in The Lively Set, Movie, 1964 IMDB

Class: Cars, Proto / Concept — Model origin: US — Built in: IT

1963 Chrysler Turbine

[*][*][*][*] Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Comments about this vehicle

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electra225 IT

2009-12-02 23:21

Since the movie is dated 1964, we cannot know if this is one of the very few ones whici were not scrapped later...
The color seems white...very strange: All of them were in the tipical Turbine bronze metallic, but this one could have been repainted for the film's purposes...

dsl SX

2010-09-30 20:21

I guess this would not be a real Turbine but a look-alike (based on a ????). All that dust (see thumbs on main film page) would have been disastrous. What does it sound like in the film soundtrack - whooosh-whooosh or like a normal car? Any in-car shots during the race of the Turbine driver changing gear with a gearstick??

-- Last edit: 2010-09-30 20:25:15

130rapid PL

2010-09-30 20:53

dsl wrote I guess this would not be a real Turbine but a look-alike (based on a ????). All that dust (see thumbs on main film page) would have been disastrous. What does it sound like in the film soundtrack - whooosh-whooosh or like a normal car? Any in-car shots during the race of the Turbine driver changing gear with a gearstick??


No, she was Turbine truly, one of earlier cars, assembled in autumn 1963, lonely Turbine painted in colour other than "Turbine Bronze Metallic". :sun:

George Stecher (engineer, test driver and chief mechanic of turbine project) drove her in stunt scenes.

The exposing to risk the chief mechanic wasn't safe for whole project. :X

However, only this driver, 10-years experienced with many turbine cars, knowing tricks for unusual engine*, was able to pull out whole performance easy and drove her very fast & safe.

I think she shouldn't be classifed as concept because 50 cars was assembled in May 1963 to October 1964 period.
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*e.g. for spectacular start the turbine car needed before few seconds of hard torque braking.

-- Last edit: 2010-09-30 21:15:30

vilero ES

2010-10-01 11:04

dsl, it was a real Chrysler Turbine unit.

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-- Last edit: 2010-10-23 20:50:28

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