Reviving a Legend: Restoring the Iconic Chrysler Turbine Car | Jay Leno's Garage

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  • Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024

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  • @opuscat999
    @opuscat999 5 часов назад +152

    Thanks to Williams for saving a piece of history. ❤

    • @grizwoldphantasia5005
      @grizwoldphantasia5005 4 часа назад +2

      Is this the same Williams Company which my memory says made, or still makes, cruise missile engines?

    • @gonepostal9101
      @gonepostal9101 3 часа назад

      @@grizwoldphantasia5005YUP

    • @RivieraByBuick
      @RivieraByBuick Час назад +2

      @@grizwoldphantasia5005 yes it is

    • @grizwoldphantasia5005
      @grizwoldphantasia5005 Час назад

      @@RivieraByBuick Thanks! I remember reading an article long long ago about some of the clever tricks to make a mass-produced, short-lived-but-reliable, and cheap engine, and being fascinated by it. Amazing to think of its relation to Chrysler's turbine car.

  • @beitie
    @beitie 4 часа назад +90

    When I saw the Haggerty documentary, I was in tears that this car had malfunctioned and needed parts that didn't exist. Seeing the group come together and get this car back on the road is a truly iconic moment. So glad to see this car alive again. Thank you project Blue-Jay!

  • @beaubrummelmotorizedbicycles
    @beaubrummelmotorizedbicycles 4 часа назад +75

    My story with the Turbine car, 1964 Alta Loma High School, Southern California. I was a 14 year old freshman. A fellow girl student was lucky enough to have a father who was chosen by Chrysler to drive the X-perimental car. Me being a car guy who never missed an issue of Car & Driver, Road & Track, Motor Trend magazine so I knew about the car. I was shocked when waiting for the bus after school, he would pull up in the Chrysler Turbine and pick her up. I actually got to see it driving in person. Thank you Jay for being a car guy and making sure this piece of automotive history is preserved.❤🚗

    • @PS-js9oh
      @PS-js9oh Час назад +2

      Great story ...thx ...with the possibility that the years would have lost it and the builders behind it. And w/o today's tech it's a longer shot. Always enjoyed that jet roar ....needed a runway !

  • @jjohns17
    @jjohns17 3 часа назад +15

    I hope they can do a follow up episode showing the parts being remanufactured, engine reassembled, and the car being put back together!

  • @keaton52257
    @keaton52257 День назад +96

    Words cannot express my love for this car. I truly wish there were more in the world.

    • @User0000000000000004
      @User0000000000000004 4 часа назад

      You love garbage. Any Hyundai made today contains far more impressive engineering and manufacturing technology than this piece of apathy.

    • @littlechicago7482
      @littlechicago7482 3 часа назад +7

      @@User0000000000000004 What a rat thing to say

    • @Kelly-oq9nh
      @Kelly-oq9nh 3 часа назад +3

      @@User0000000000000004How poetic… zero’s.

    • @maxwelllobben7145
      @maxwelllobben7145 3 часа назад

      @@User0000000000000004you are a fool

    • @timkowles728
      @timkowles728 3 часа назад +8

      @@User0000000000000004 LOL, I wonder why they have such a long warranty, Hyundai's are garbage, as a retired aircraft tech, I would never own one, Honda , Toyota or Ford for me.

  • @johnmollet2637
    @johnmollet2637 2 часа назад +34

    You're looking pretty dapper there Jay. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who had a part in preserving this priceless piece of automotive history.

    • @Robertoayon
      @Robertoayon 2 часа назад +2

      Indeed! Jay is certainly a priceless piece of automotive history and so is the car.

    • @johnmollet2637
      @johnmollet2637 Час назад +1

      @@Robertoayon LOL. neither can be replaced.

    • @phuzz00
      @phuzz00 9 минут назад

      You know it's serious when Jay's not in jeans ;)

  • @westcoastwoodsman2289
    @westcoastwoodsman2289 4 часа назад +30

    Jay is a savior of so many pieces of automotive history. He has my gratitude for sure. You add the fact that he takes the time to share the stories and show us all the cars. The man is the dang patron saint of gearheads!

  • @LaurenMiddleton28
    @LaurenMiddleton28 23 минуты назад +3

    Jay needs to Live Forever. He's a National treasure. I would see him in RI back in 2018 and you could always tell it was Jay because the car... not because it would be a Ferrari or Lambo but always something iconoc American.
    His wife loved the Restaurant 'The Black Pearl' because of their famous Clam Chowder.

  • @Diogenes1360
    @Diogenes1360 4 часа назад +43

    I'm 64 years old & this is my new-all-time favorite episode of Jay Leno's Garage. God Bless America.

  • @urbo42
    @urbo42 5 часов назад +44

    Thanks to Williams for helping Jay get this going again. When I saw the cars in the museums, it was a little sad because they were just sitting there. Nothing worse for a car than to sit.

  • @ComommonlyCensored
    @ComommonlyCensored День назад +57

    My favourite car of Jay’s collection.

    • @jeffharper6259
      @jeffharper6259 4 часа назад

      Probably not my favorite, but an 'iconic' and recognizable automobile associated with Mr. Leno (also the McLaren F1).

    • @allentoyokawa9068
      @allentoyokawa9068 4 часа назад

      favorite*

    • @ComommonlyCensored
      @ComommonlyCensored 3 часа назад +2

      @@allentoyokawa9068 I am from Canada. That is the way we spell it. Take it or leave it.

  • @wtw84
    @wtw84 4 часа назад +17

    For the umpteenth time, "Just when you think J.L.G., can't get any better"! Lot's of life lessons spoken today.

  • @florianspangl5064
    @florianspangl5064 2 часа назад +17

    Imagine you could sit in the backseat and just listen to these guys. What a pleasure and honor that would be.

    • @toronado455
      @toronado455 58 минут назад +1

      Aboslutely. That's kinda what we get to do here on RUclips.

  • @jppagetoo
    @jppagetoo 4 часа назад +22

    Kinda chokes you up doesn't it? A beautiful part of American automotive history. Thanks to Williams International for restoring the power plant.

  • @jonathanball6188
    @jonathanball6188 4 часа назад +15

    My father spent his career at Chrysler, and I actually rode in a turbine car in the mid-60s. Even with that history, I never knew that Williams International was born out of the Chrysler turbine car project. Great company, and thanks to Gregg for restoring the engine on one of only a very few remaining (and running) examples.

    • @davidkastin4240
      @davidkastin4240 2 часа назад +2

      There's only 2 other cars that exist out of the 50 made, 47 were crushed/destroyed 😢. One is in a museum and doesn't run, the other is in a private collection and runs and drives. Saw it on RUclips a yr or so ago ✌️

  • @philippekervynfaucon9849
    @philippekervynfaucon9849 4 часа назад +24

    More beautiful than the car is the history and the legacy of a man that today gives work to 2300 people , and keeping all the production in the US. What a battle for survival it must have been...and J could not appreciate that side of the deal. BRAVO Mr Williams and the company as a whole.

    • @ΣτελιοςΠεππας
      @ΣτελιοςΠεππας 57 минут назад

      The trick is finding your niche. Jet engines are incredibly sophisticated pieces of machinery, and thus, they are quite expensive. This makes the added cost of manufacturing in the West far more bearable since labour costs are only a small part of the price tag. This is why aviation is one of the few industries that has remained in the West.

  • @williamsherer2580
    @williamsherer2580 5 часов назад +30

    Marvelous job on a piece of rolling American history. It takes someone like Jay to make this happen. ThanX SOOOOOO much.

  • @Hueymechanic412
    @Hueymechanic412 5 часов назад +21

    It's great to see this amazing piece of automotive history restored. Great job, Williams !!!!

  • @gauravjoshi6310
    @gauravjoshi6310 4 часа назад +12

    Thanks a ton Williams International for helping Jay Leno maintain this car and keeping it somehow road worthy.

  • @tombollig612
    @tombollig612 3 часа назад +10

    USA, USA, USA!!! Thanks, Mr. Leno, for saving this amazing, historic car! One can not replace innovation and hard work. Thank you, gentlemen who developed and built this astonishing vehicle.

    • @johnhodges8264
      @johnhodges8264 Час назад +2

      Rover made a turbine powered car in the fifties I think.

  • @plunder1956
    @plunder1956 5 часов назад +35

    Notice the support crew behind them. This really is a historic moment.

    • @User0000000000000004
      @User0000000000000004 4 часа назад

      Historic? Slow down, turbo.

    • @BubbaSmurft
      @BubbaSmurft 4 часа назад +2

      CREW? More like a division.

    • @pistonburner6448
      @pistonburner6448 3 часа назад

      His boyz

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred Час назад +1

      That car is a historical artifact. I don't know what it is worth money wise. But I imagine quite a bit. 7 figures it not out of the realm of reason.

  • @stephenfarrell6794
    @stephenfarrell6794 4 часа назад +12

    I have said this before, sorry for repeating, I saw this in 1964 as a 12 year old at the World's Fair in NYC. A week or so later I was out on my bike on Darlington Avenue in Ramsey, NJ and the car went by us with that unmistakable turbine sound. Love this car! thanks to Williams and Jay for making it new again!

    • @markvitacco9814
      @markvitacco9814 2 часа назад +1

      Cool, you got to see one in the wild, awesome. I stood online twice, until I got to ride in the front seat at the fair.

  • @stevengreco1939
    @stevengreco1939 3 часа назад +10

    Jay Leno’s Garage is my favorite RUclips channel!

  • @jlconway
    @jlconway 2 часа назад +5

    Tons of regular folks just hanging around for the Boulevard cruise and here comes Jay freakin' Leno in a Chrysler turbine rolling around like it's no big deal. Got to love it. Great work by the Williams crew and I'm sure the whole rest of the team involved to make it happen. Big props to the dude in the Cadillac for having the stones to pace on him and say hi. It just wouldn't be a Jay Leno's Garage video without randos on the street being cool.

  • @v8vrooooom
    @v8vrooooom 5 часов назад +17

    'let me contact some turbine guys' 🤣

  • @jonascameron
    @jonascameron 3 часа назад +7

    I could watch turbine car videos for hours and hours. Glad you got it working again Jay!

  • @davidl2438
    @davidl2438 5 часов назад +20

    I loved the design of the Chrysler Turbine Car. I was fortunate to ride in one at the New York World's Fair in 1964. Chrysler had a pavilion and you could stand in line to take a ride in one of the Turbine Cars.

  • @ConnieA-r4u
    @ConnieA-r4u 5 часов назад +15

    Jay saving history.

  • @mikek5633
    @mikek5633 4 часа назад +10

    I live across the river in Canada. Williams is a great company. Very nice work, done to an excellent standard.

  • @bobschenkel7921
    @bobschenkel7921 5 часов назад +12

    When Jay pulled out of the factory with that long line of cars behind him, it reminded me of the song "Alice's Restaurant", especially the line "and everybody wanted to get in the newspaper story about it". They had quite an escort on the initial "flight" of the Turbine car. And the moment with the guy in the '65 Cadillac was pretty cool too.

  • @stevenslater2669
    @stevenslater2669 4 часа назад +9

    To paraphrase Mel Brooks in History of the World Part 2, “It’s good to be Jay Leno”.
    I used to live near Williams International. Drove by it regularly. They never offered tours, even to retired mechanical engineers like me.
    But Jay Leno melts a Williams designed turbine engine and not only does Williams take in the reman project, they reanimate 90 year old Chrysler engineers from retirement all over the country!
    I’m not jealous - not me!
    Just kidding. It’s great that Jay has the relationships that allow him to restore history that otherwise would be lost. Even Chrysler itself, now part of Stellantis, could not have done what Jay Leno did.

  • @ruthun
    @ruthun 2 часа назад +3

    Amazing, when he talks about his dad. The emotions. :) Thank you, J and Williams for this cool car to talk with my boy about.

  • @Pepperboy555
    @Pepperboy555 3 часа назад +4

    Bless you Jay for preserving a part of automotive history!!

  • @ross7684
    @ross7684 2 часа назад +3

    The sound of that turbine is just fantastic! So glad to see that they were able to recreate the turbine for Jay's car.

  • @DaveWeagle
    @DaveWeagle 5 часов назад +13

    I had the privilege of sitting in one of these cars at the 1994 SAE HEV CHallenge. What an amazing vehicle!

  • @loose-arrow-garage
    @loose-arrow-garage 3 часа назад +6

    Thanks Jay and Williams International for preserving this piece of automotive history!

  • @n206ja
    @n206ja 2 часа назад +1

    I saw the Chrysler Turbine Car at an auto show in Chattanooga, TN in the 60's. As a kid, It was my first distinct impression that almost anything that could be imagined could be made and I was seeing the future! Thanks for the memories!

  • @OmarDenarzi
    @OmarDenarzi 3 часа назад +5

    More stuff like this please.

  • @busterdee8228
    @busterdee8228 4 часа назад +5

    Fully agree with Jay's comment about the 'long-lived.' I got interested in early radar development. I was surprised to learn that many of the developers lived very long lives. I think science keeps the mind engaged, which seems to keep the body engaged.

  • @stewmoyer8922
    @stewmoyer8922 4 часа назад +3

    The turbine resurgence! Very nice

  • @davidolien2828
    @davidolien2828 4 часа назад +6

    This is amazing. My family had a Chrysler dealership but I never saw this car but I had a toy model.

  • @1320pass
    @1320pass 2 часа назад +2

    Just awesome. Williams International keeping the faith and believing in America.

  • @rexmyers991
    @rexmyers991 4 часа назад +5

    WOW - I singed up to drive the car. I was 21 at the time. I never even got a “you are in the drawing” letter. Thanks, Jay and Mr Williams.

    • @wmason1961
      @wmason1961 40 минут назад

      I would bet that letter is worth quite a bit today.

  • @bendeleted9155
    @bendeleted9155 4 часа назад +3

    Thanks, Williams for fixing Jay. He looks great!

  • @atleeriksen8514
    @atleeriksen8514 4 часа назад +9

    The name "Project Blue-Jay" is more than fitting for this project, Mr Leno wearing blue clothes for almost 100 years now :)

  • @bcgrittner
    @bcgrittner 4 часа назад +4

    I saw a Chrysler Turbine Car at Grossmount Shopping Center in La Mesa, California in about May 1964. Later that summer I saw a Chrysler Turbine Car driving through Anoka, Minnesota. Now I have two Jo-Han 1/24 model kits. I have two Yat-Ming 1/18 Turbine car models. I have corresponded with Mark Olson in Duluth, MN. Mark is the keeper of the flame for the Chrysler Turbine Car. I love that car.😮

  • @frankthatank02
    @frankthatank02 4 часа назад +4

    Just an honor - both the son of the inventor and the original engineers... Wow very cool, thanks again Jay , the best shows

  • @kradius2169
    @kradius2169 3 часа назад +2

    Kudos to Williams and the old crew! ... and Jay, of course.

  • @saywhat2014
    @saywhat2014 4 часа назад +2

    Saw this car in the 90's at Spring Fling in Van Nuys California. Jay parked it about 20 feet or so from my 65 Plymouth and it attracted quite a crowd. Great to see it on the road again.

  • @mythrusthelema
    @mythrusthelema 5 часов назад +5

    All I can say is; "WOW!"

  • @Floreypottery
    @Floreypottery 2 часа назад +1

    Thanks for Williams for helping save a piece of automotive history and all the retired engineers who helped

  • @RegenerativeHomes
    @RegenerativeHomes 15 часов назад +9

    I've been following the restoration behind-the-scenes stories on Steve Lehto's channel so the anticipation for this is pretty high.

  • @dmears5937
    @dmears5937 2 часа назад +1

    Incredible. Thank you Jay.

  • @j.angelis6934
    @j.angelis6934 4 часа назад +13

    WOW!! BRAVO WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL and god bless jay leno.

    • @User0000000000000004
      @User0000000000000004 4 часа назад +2

      God is a superstition.

    • @alz.7716
      @alz.7716 4 часа назад +1

      ​@@User0000000000000004what's your favorite Taylor Swift song?

  • @OrionJLRolen
    @OrionJLRolen 22 часа назад +7

    More people should be awaiting on this premier Jay, this is such a fascinating piece of automotive history 👍. Hope you're doing well and thank you so much for sharing this with us! 🙋

  • @Vetteman372
    @Vetteman372 5 часов назад +6

    This turbo car reminded me of the 63 Thunderbird front lights. The tail lights from 65 Thunderbird.

    • @bcgrittner
      @bcgrittner 5 часов назад +4

      Elwood Engel designed those Thunderbirds as well as the Chrysler Turbine Car. The resemblance is no accident.

    • @budgetaudiophilelife-long5461
      @budgetaudiophilelife-long5461 4 часа назад +2

      @@bcgrittnerINTERESTING 🤗🥶

  • @steveniksid5874
    @steveniksid5874 День назад +43

    I sure hope Jay continues the show after his latest accident 🤕

    • @truckerkevthepaidtourist
      @truckerkevthepaidtourist 16 часов назад +5

      He's looking pretty good
      Something really couldn't avoid
      If you take a look at the land where he was from his hotel to the restaurant he'd have to walk almost a mile all the way around he didn't have a rental car.
      So he thought oh I'll just kind of ease on down this hill and then I'll be right there walking distance to the restaurant.
      Unfortunately the hell was a whole lot more steeper and sharper grade than his footing thought

    • @steveniksid5874
      @steveniksid5874 9 часов назад +2

      @truckerkevthepaidtourist
      There should have been a set of concrete steps ascending that hill.

    • @markmccallion2856
      @markmccallion2856 5 часов назад

      ​@@steveniksid5874 probably will be now!

    • @AhPhoey
      @AhPhoey 5 часов назад +5

      A couple hours after the accident he still performed his standup in front of an audience.

    • @patrickjordan2233
      @patrickjordan2233 3 часа назад

      He's had a series of unfortunate... The steamer incident, the motorcycle crash...

  • @GreatDataVideos
    @GreatDataVideos 5 часов назад +4

    My father-in-law was a Detroit engineer, working for Ford, Jaguar and AMC. He was still brilliant into his 90's as well.

  • @flamezoidtron
    @flamezoidtron 2 часа назад +1

    love this interview

  • @randyhammett4467
    @randyhammett4467 4 часа назад +4

    Who needs Batman? You got Jay Leno and the Williams group.

  • @GhostOfRT300
    @GhostOfRT300 5 часов назад +6

    What a brilliant episode of JLG! Thank you for sharing this Jay, you’re the host with the most! 🙏🏼 🇺🇸 🚗💨

    • @rtta51
      @rtta51 3 часа назад

      Jay being a flaming Liberal, riding around with a guy who you know voted for Trump. See, we CAN get along.

  • @jdgimpa
    @jdgimpa 2 часа назад +1

    I was in Junior High School when one of our guidance counselors was picked to drive the turbine car. I got to ride in it when he took me home after a after school activity. Great memories.

  • @Michael-cf9lf
    @Michael-cf9lf 14 минут назад +2

    Truly amazing craftsmanship and technology that began back in the late fifties and sixties I hope that those records are kept and well preserved as they deserve to be
    Great show

  • @stevenslater2669
    @stevenslater2669 5 часов назад +7

    I saw a Turbine car on display at the local MOPAR dealer. They gave out key rings to the visitors that had a metal perpetual calendar on the end of the chain. I kept mine long after it was out of date. Must have lost it in a move sometime after. I wasn’t able to get a ride in the turbine car, but a few lucky visitors did. It still looks good today, doesn’t it? Especially compared to the jelly bean shapes we drive today.

    • @johnbriggs3916
      @johnbriggs3916 5 часов назад

      A perpetual calendar that got out of date?

    • @すどにむ
      @すどにむ 4 часа назад

      maybe just a metal calendar keychain and not a perpetual one? doesn't make sense today but there apparently was such a thing. peak consumerism stuff.

  • @paddyoak1
    @paddyoak1 23 часа назад +3

    Cannot wait! The other turbine car video from Jay is one of my favorites and I watched it several times already.

  • @jayh1947
    @jayh1947 5 часов назад +4

    Wonderful........Jay

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 5 часов назад +5

    Awesome!

  • @FadeDance
    @FadeDance 4 часа назад +13

    The rebuild should have been a full documentary with historical footage and interviews with the engineers Interspersed with an inside look in the engineering process in the modern day to recreate it.

    • @aleksisoukkala
      @aleksisoukkala 4 часа назад +2

      You would probably find hagerty drivers foundation video about the car interesting. Because that goes bit deeper in to cars history

    • @gizzyguzzi
      @gizzyguzzi 2 часа назад +1

      There is a documentary

  • @urbo42
    @urbo42 5 часов назад +3

    So excited. Saw the one at the Henry Ford and another at the Gilmore a couple of weeks ago.

  • @mbanton8937
    @mbanton8937 3 часа назад +1

    All I got is WOW!

  • @KB6YAF
    @KB6YAF 4 часа назад +1

    Jay, we are close to the same age, and when I was young and saw this car, I was mesmerized. I was also sad to see Chrysler destroy most of them. Thank you and the Williams firm for preserving this. ....Russell D.

    • @douglascooper1987
      @douglascooper1987 4 часа назад

      The Government basically made them Destroy Them.😕

  • @jamesmisener3006
    @jamesmisener3006 2 часа назад

    I hope Jay gets to share driving this car with others when it's home around the airport. Perfect home for this legendary vehicle. Cheers 🇨🇦

  • @kbjerke
    @kbjerke 2 часа назад

    Awesome. Thank you for sharing, Jay!

  • @mexicanspec
    @mexicanspec 4 часа назад +2

    I would love to see somebody recreate that body and interior for use with a piston engine to use as a daily driver. The car is stunning from every angle.

  • @io3010
    @io3010 4 часа назад +2

    Wow, what an absolutely beautiful example of genuine USA technology, and this car was designed in the late 50's!! I wish we could drive these today! Thanks Jay and Gregg Williams! And you are spot on about the state of US manufacturing. I work in the defense industry, without overseas computer components we cannot make parts for US military aircraft, that's very sad and scary. America needs to wake up and start making things like this fantastic car again! Reliance on overseas parts will doom us in any War, I can guarantee you that!

    • @User0000000000000004
      @User0000000000000004 4 часа назад

      You're saying the US needs to start making turbine cars again? Because of war? OK, boomer. I think it's past your bedtime. Don't forget to put on your adult diapers.

  • @tatocorvette
    @tatocorvette Час назад

    WOW! Just WOW! What an amazing project. Thank you Williams and Thank you Jay!

  • @ATomRileyA
    @ATomRileyA 3 часа назад +1

    Such a cool car, one of my favorites. Imagine if you were lucky enough to get one as a test car back in the day, you would be the coolest person in your neighborhood by miles.
    Williams also made the cool jet engine in the Bell Jetpack back in the day that could run for over 20mins and was the only real jetpack that worked unlike modern ones that last a couple of mins.

  • @grantbattison7948
    @grantbattison7948 5 часов назад +7

    Jay's looking slim and trim!

  • @BearWa11ace
    @BearWa11ace 2 часа назад

    Great program and awesome car. Thank you Jay and Mr. Williams for restoring this awesome car and showing to all of us.

  • @ronwatson4902
    @ronwatson4902 3 часа назад

    Amazing episode. Thank you.

  • @N-Scale
    @N-Scale 3 часа назад

    I am so glad all of you saved one of these beauties. I saw one at a dealer in Albuquerque NM as a young guy

  • @jimtaylor431
    @jimtaylor431 День назад +2

    Can't wait to see this. Such a fascinating and rare car. Will be amazing to see a deep dive into it!

  • @ppeterson9359
    @ppeterson9359 4 часа назад

    What a great story! Thank you Jay and Greg for bringing this piece of history back to life and sharing it with the rest of us.
    I recall learning about this engine in my gas turbines class in college in the late 70s.
    I’d love to see a follow up video showing the shop during the restoration and talking with the engineers. Something along the lines of Jay’s shop tours (some of my favorite videos).

  • @glennalderton1313
    @glennalderton1313 2 часа назад

    All I can say is WOW!

  • @TheBlibo
    @TheBlibo 37 минут назад

    Hi from the uk
    You hit the nail on the head, an engineer is always an engineer I bet those 80 and 90 year old guys really had a sense of worth doing this project. Hats off to them they are worth there weight in gold
    Irreplaceable one of a kind working on one of a kind

  • @davepetrakos475
    @davepetrakos475 4 часа назад +1

    Jay is amazing at being a custodian of automotive history.

    • @User0000000000000004
      @User0000000000000004 4 часа назад +1

      the Ford Motor Company is a custodian of history. Jay is a collector. Not the same thing, bro.

  • @noanyobiseniss7462
    @noanyobiseniss7462 4 часа назад +5

    This is when Chrysler was a great company that innovated rather than a subsidiary that does their best to build in timed failures.

    • @kenon6968
      @kenon6968 3 часа назад +1

      That Chrysler, the engineering company, never made it out of the malaise era, sadly.

  • @thomasharrison899
    @thomasharrison899 2 часа назад

    Love the turbine car, thanks for keeping it alive Jay.

  • @automatedelectronics6062
    @automatedelectronics6062 Час назад

    I was a pre-teen kid when my mother took me to a museum in L.A.. I don't remember what museum it was, but it had a huge number of a wide range of exhibits. One of the exhibits was one of these Chrysler Turbine Car. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen and I stood there mesmerized. It had a turbine engine sitting next to it.
    Next time I saw one of these cars was when I was a teenager and it was in the Harrah's car collection in Sparks, NV. I couldn't believe seeing another one, but Bill Harrah collected every kind of automobile he could get his hands on. Today, the remnants of the Harrah car collection is in the National Automobile Museum in Reno, NV. It is impressive but pales in comparison to what Bill Harrah had.
    It is great to see one of these Chrysler Turbine Cars actually running and driving in the real world! Thank you Jay!

  • @flatheadV8
    @flatheadV8 5 часов назад +8

    Rover JET1 was a gas turbine car built in 1949/1950 by the Rover Company

    • @User0000000000000004
      @User0000000000000004 4 часа назад +2

      You're my hero. I often times will butt into conversations with useless encyclopedic knowledge and completely derail the flow for one and all. I'm what you'd call a human loser. Game recognizes game, bro.

  • @markjones6181
    @markjones6181 3 часа назад +1

    Classic Jay ol fashion piston cars 😂......ThanX for sharing Jay......🔥🔥🔥❤️👍🏽💯

  • @aawdallaboutwindowsanddoor7648
    @aawdallaboutwindowsanddoor7648 20 часов назад +4

    In 1963 the New York world's Fair I sat in that car it took me hours of standing in line so I could get a ride what a cool car turbine engine and nitrogen and a tires great sound too

  • @Steven-jb7nu
    @Steven-jb7nu 3 часа назад

    I love how you keep history alive 👍👍🇨🇦

  • @PPortelance
    @PPortelance 4 часа назад +2

    WOOOOAHH..; Amazing ; Top Spécial Car...😲🤠👍☝️🇨🇦
    Thank's For Sharing Jay 😎💙
    From ; Montréal Québec Canada 😁!

  • @briandurning9211
    @briandurning9211 4 часа назад +1

    A fantastic story from inception to today, with more chapters yet to be written.

  • @clifflang5939
    @clifflang5939 3 часа назад +1

    My father worked for a local Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in the North Bay and he got the honor of working on that beautiful car.
    He said it would get 12 miles on a fifth of Jack Daniel. I was one of the finalists to get one as an experiment being I drove
    all over California with my Utility Co. Didn't get the car. Great show Jay.

  • @misterarthur
    @misterarthur 4 часа назад +3

    I got to ride in one of these when they brought it to Europe. It came to my house in Switzerland.

  • @JohnGuzik
    @JohnGuzik 5 часов назад +7

    The President called, he said your motorcade is out of control.

  • @giovanni5063
    @giovanni5063 4 часа назад +1

    I can say that, back in the day, I actually saw a Turbine car parked on Kercheval, in the shopping district called "The Village" in Grosse Pointe. As no one was in the car I took a look inside and around it. Pretty cool at the time.

  • @massimotesta9085
    @massimotesta9085 Час назад

    This car is incredible!!! Extremely beautiful