Historical Vehicle: Chevrolet Titan Turbine Truck

[Progeny2021]

Even GM/Chevrolet got into the 'turbine truck' act with their own:




For a more detailed history:

https://www.topspeed.com/cars/the-s...y-s-long-lost-gas-turbine-truck-ar191562.html


A good overview of turbine truck development, beginning in the 1950s to include USA and Europe.

https://heritagemachines.com/commercials/gas-turbine-powered-commercials/

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[Jason B]

I had heard about Chrysler's turbine car, but never that Ford and Chevy had a turbine truck.

 

[dtech]

Well you know 50 yrs from now folks will be posting similar articles and pics of ICE vehicles and the younger folks will comment " I heard stories that people drove such vehicles........."

 

[Progeny2021]

Well you know 50 yrs from now folks will be posting similar articles and pics of ICE vehicles and the younger folks will comment " I heard stories that people drove such vehicles........."

50 years might be a bit optimistic....

https://www.zerohedge.com/technolog...utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=936

 

[dtech]

50 years might be a bit optimistic....

https://www.zerohedge.com/technolog...utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=936

is your glass half full or empty ? after thinking long and hard 50 yrs was chosen, gotta have faith in the legislative process.

 

[Murphie]

I had heard about Chrysler's turbine car, but never that Ford and Chevy had a turbine truck.

I've always been fascinated by the Chrysler Turbine. I remember seeing it on Walter Cronkite's 20th Century news program. This thread piqued my interest in trying to find a video of it, but came up empty. I did find one from Jay Leno. Really neat to watch. I appreciate Leno's enthusiasm for cars, and the way he maintains them. The video was from 2012, so I don't know if he still owns it though.

 

[KJRR]

I've seen 2 of them in person.
Peterson and Gilmore museums. Really fascinating.
Wiki has a listing of where the survivors are.

 

[Cmar]

is your glass half full or empty ? after thinking long and hard 50 yrs was chosen, gotta have faith in the legislative process.
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Or will they be remembered as a preposterous experiment in inefficiency that would never have ended well? I don't know I won't be around in 50 years to find out.

 

[Progeny2021]

Or will they be remembered as a preposterous experiment in inefficiency that would never have ended well? I don't know I won't be around in 50 years to find out.

My accurate and 'on target' response to dtech was removed....something to do with the so called 'legislative process' often has a hidden agenda designed with a built in 'FAIL'.

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