As an 8 year old in 1965, my connection was family #169, the Hodges family of Norfolk, Virginia. The Hodges lived just two miles from my house and drove their Turbine car through my neighborhood several times a week. Through science and engineering it was a time when anything seemed possible, even landing people on the Moon. The day is fast approaching when none of the witnesses to the Chrysler Turbine car program will be alive - including me. Stay close to your dreams of a better future, and keep the people you love closer. Your friend, Eddie.

@afterthought3341

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Eddie as I get older staying close to loved ones is alot more appreciated by me .

@Masterchief-jx2me

9 ай бұрын

God Bless in Christ Jesus for allowing us to make fascinating machines with the wisdom and imagination he bestowed upon us and to love one another

@MRX-rr5xf

9 ай бұрын

I hate the others were crushed

@Masterchief-jx2me

9 ай бұрын

@MRX-rr5xf Yeah makes no sense wasted art and technology

@eddstarr2185

9 ай бұрын

@@afterthought3341 Absolutely, and let me add what a joy for us to travel through time together.

I have to thank Hagerty for asking me to be a part of this. It was a lot of fun to talk about these cars on camera.

@jasonstinson1767

10 ай бұрын

Great job representing the ethos of The Turbine Car and car culture as a whole.

@peacefullyscripted

10 ай бұрын

Steve, it's always a pleasure to watch anything that you are involved in. You are such a great teacher and storyteller.

@jeeper5264

10 ай бұрын

and I appreciate what you have brought to us on this AWESOME vehicle via your book. I saw these on the road when I was a kid and never got to get to get real close to one until it popped up at the Petersons out here in LA. your book is very good!

@qdood

10 ай бұрын

Mr Steve would you happen to have any copies of your excellent turbine car book I would love to purchase one from you if available

@dukecraig2402

10 ай бұрын

I thought that was you, good job on your part of this, you seemed to be enjoying yourself, lucky you.

The Chrysler Turbine project has never really died, not when you can get the original engineers to come back and get one to run again, it shows how much dedication and love they had for a very special automobile. Thanks to every one who put time into this, Jay Leno is truly a car guy

@CheeseScout

6 ай бұрын

That powertrain lived on as late as F-Body cars. Eventually made its way to tank, not too bad

@Sammy-ty1wz

2 ай бұрын

The 1981 M-body-based New Yorker was slated to get one also. If it did, I'd have got one and kept it through today. :)

@BennieWilll

2 ай бұрын

Couldn't you had opened up a museum just to get one of these cars? Lol!

So nice to see my grandpa Chuck Mashigan actually get credit for his design! Thank you for giving credit where credit has long been due!

In 1965, I worked in a carwash in a small town south of Boston. One day, one of the families chosen to have the Turbine car brought it in to be washed. My job at that time was to wash the windows on the inside of the car. So for a least a minute or two, I got to ride in the front and back seats. I still remember the owner starting up the car at the end. To this day, I still think it is one of the most beautiful cars ever produced. The turbine engine was just the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae. Thanks for the show

@charlibravo371

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@knowledgeishalfthebattle

8 ай бұрын

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@nickynuts8013

Ай бұрын

In 1965 in the Sudbury Park area of suburban Baltimore my older brother and I were walking home and a Chrysler Turbine car went by. All we heard was a quiet swoosh. We were flabbergasted since the Turbine car was in the news but a very limited production meant that chances of seeing one was a rare opportunity. We both looked at each other and at the same time said "WOW" that was a Chrysler Turbine. I have never forgotten that and never seen one since but I always hoped that the turbine would be mass produced.

These cars are so insanely special. Seeing the passion from guys like Steve Lehto & Jay Leno keeping the story alive is amazing. Great pick by the Hagerty Team.

@Jstme303

10 ай бұрын

The idea. Went nowhere

@afterthought3341

10 ай бұрын

@@Jstme303shrinking the jet engine and pushing the power out a shaft went into the Abrahms tank ,powers many helicopters and is still an industry.

@MattExzy

9 ай бұрын

@@Jstme303 Of all the cars featured on Leno's channel, this one to me is still the coolest. I don't care if it didn't succeed, I'm just glad it existed. Be rest assured, the reciprocating piston engine has just been enjoying a stay of execution.

@Jstme303

9 ай бұрын

@@MattExzy yea so true.

@sleat

9 ай бұрын

@@afterthought3341 Sergei Brin's turbine motorcycle, historically seen on the Google campus sitting in various foyers, was powered by an Allison T-63 turboshaft variant. It was a monster, and very overpowered for its mass at, I believe about 300 shaft-horsepower. The biggest parts of the thing as I remember were the fuel tanks. Having worked on OH-6 helicopters in the Army, I recognized the powerplant. It was fun to poke around that thing!

I just want to ask that anyone who has contact with the original engineers of this beautiful piece of art, to make sure that they're never lonely or forgotten and please never throw them away in some nursing home. The joy in their faces when asked to work on their legacy again got me right in the feels. When Mark Olson says he has a love for that car, I know exactly how he feels. Thanks for this video. I never knew about the impact of this car!

@fuckusingfullname

2 ай бұрын

Bob is my uncle and shut up Boomer

Anyone who thinks engineering is boring needs to watch this. It should be shown in every school in America because it will surely inspire kids to want to become engineers.

@BlackPill-pu4vi

Ай бұрын

The goals of engineering back then were glorious and inspiring. Just the opposite today. Never in the field of human achievement has so much engineering and technology been marshaled to enable such low and crude outcomes.

@LeonAust

Ай бұрын

Yes ..............especially when the look that was given about one's life's expectancy.😞 An excellent documentary.

@michaelb.42112

4 күн бұрын

I never knew engineering was considered boring to the general public. This is an excellent show.

I actually got a bit emotional seeing the guys who worked on the original project join the new generation to help repair Jay Leno’s car. Beautiful

Seeing these barely broken in marvels of engineering in perfect condition being destroyed is genuinely heart shattering. Can't imagine what the engineers were feeling.

@vylbird8014

9 ай бұрын

They were prototypes - they aren't as thoroughly safety-tested as production designs. If Chrysler sold them, and one caught fire in a few years and burned a family alive, Chrysler would get the liability both financially and in the press. Plus they were full of commercially sensitive technology that rivals would have been interested to get a look at. The cars were not history at the time: They were just a legal risk that could be mitigated by destroying most of the cars, and giving the rest to museums after disabling the engines.

@Lanurus

9 ай бұрын

@@vylbird8014 I wonder if there was a way to have no liability though?

@patrickwayne3701

8 ай бұрын

@Lanurus frikkin attorneys man. [And I say that knowing Steve may read it, but he has shown he's one of the few good ones]. I have 32 yrs in with a research and engineering firm that is global. Whenever you create something that is unusual and fascinating,, it hurts to have to destroy it because one group of people will copy it and another will try to find a way to sue you for it some way or another. I watered up a bit to see them destroyed too. It's just wrong. There's 55 people who would have signed up to take the greatest care of every one of those cars, and there would have been second and third tier co-signers. It's awful that it takes an outfit like Ferrari to set the standard for passion about protecting the concept under which their cars are created, such that if you desecrate one, they will sue you. Oh well, that's the world we live in.

@bogusmogus9551

8 ай бұрын

@@vylbird8014 Are you kidding? they were offereing the cars to museums for FREE! How many museums are in US? let alone the rest of the world. So where is liability there? Jay is lucky those guy's who built the cars are still alive. They'll be gone sometime and we'll all be driving grown-up electric 'bumper cars' . What the f*ck happened to the future we were promised?

@CheeseScout

6 ай бұрын

As an engineer, I have seen it happening too many times..

The ending made me cry. I can’t imagine how happy those guys were to be together, to work on it one last time. Just unreal. Great show guys.

@michaelb.42112

4 күн бұрын

That was EPIC !

It’s incredibly frustrating to know that I’ll likely never drive a turbine car in my life, and we came so close! This was an absurdly beautiful car!

@snorttroll4379

3 ай бұрын

Just make one

@the_kombinator

18 күн бұрын

@@snorttroll4379 You wouldn't download a car...

@snorttroll4379

17 күн бұрын

lol. I would!@@the_kombinator

@the_kombinator

17 күн бұрын

@@snorttroll4379 and then 3d print it :D

@snorttroll4379

17 күн бұрын

yes.@@the_kombinator

The tail lights alone on this thing deserve a video. They're cool as hell.

@nobody7817

8 ай бұрын

IKR? Though I think if the turn signals had been sequential flash... it would have NAILED IT!

@sess5206

5 ай бұрын

​@@nobody7817That came with, I think, the 65 Thunderbird. Now, they're required on new cars sold in the EU.

@nobody7817

5 ай бұрын

@@sess5206 A) 65 T'Bird as well as the 69-73 Cougars. B) No, not required in EUR. I live in Turkey, and previously in Romania, Germany, Kosovo, and Bulgaria. NEVER seen sequential flashers out here anywhere. I haven't been "home" (If I can call the US that anymore) in DECADES).

I am 63 years old and since I was a little kid I have been obsessed with these cars . I actually teared up when they showed them being destroyed . I hope they get Jays running and I hope they figure out how to get spare engines for use down the road.

@lunaris69

10 ай бұрын

oh god me too, its the saddest thing to see such a unique piece of engineering in prestine condition being destryoed

@flouisbailey

9 ай бұрын

That a museum would not want one of these cars was truly short sighted.

@stevencampbell1502

9 ай бұрын

L up

@eddstarr2185

9 ай бұрын

Same with me, I actually had to turn away - it was deeply troubling.

@flouisbailey

9 ай бұрын

@@eddstarr2185 We shared the pain of destruction of these fabulous autos on video. A bright spot is the technology lives on in one of the best tanks to be made. Let’s hope our countries military will not be forced to go electric ⚡️. Short sighted bureaucrats 🖕off.

In my younger days I worked at a small company called Budworths Engineering in Harwich Essex UK as an apprentice engineer. We specialised in gas turbines. We had a boat, a lotus racing car and an auster aircraft all using our gas turbines. Our bread and butter was small turbines powering fire pumps. I specialised in polishing and preparing the turbine blades, in those days with an air powered polish and grinding tool. Had lots of large companies trying to remove us from the scene. Good memories and this wonderful video brought back good times and memories.

Congratulations to all involved in the rescue of Jay’s Turbine Car. I’d especially like to thank Steve Lehto for bringing this documentary to so many people’s attention.

@RidesTheRain

4 ай бұрын

Is Jay Leno's car back up and running?

@michaelb.42112

4 күн бұрын

That was heartwarming, and amazing.

As a small boy, I saw the Turbine Car at the DC Autoshow. I never quite got over it. It was quite an event to see it on our National Mall Last Year. Thanks to everyone involved here.

When I was in Junior High one of our guidance counselors was one of the people who got one of these cars to drive. I got a ride in it once when he took me home from a after school activity. That experiance played a part in me deciding to work in the automotive service business. The first job I had at 17 was working for a Chrysler Plymouth dealer. 30 of the 45 years I was in the business was spent working for Chrysler dealers.

@Davido50

9 ай бұрын

That's awesome! American cars only in my driveway..for life! 🇺🇸

@orangejjay

9 ай бұрын

Heck yeah. Workin' for the toxic entity that many of us call the Stealership. 😂😂 If you want to ensure your wallet remains light, take your car to the stealership. They'll overcharge you for the parts, overcharge for the labor, and probably scare you into additional repairs you don't really need. Fortunately we're about to see a time where there's less of these greedy leeches as manufacturers and consumers are tired of being robbed by them. 😂

My dad a Chrysler turbine engineer seen in b&w still photos at Greenfield Plant in Dearborn, MI. We lived not far from there. Sam Williams invited my dad to work for him in CA when he left Chrysler & started Williams Engineering.

I actually had a ride in this car at the 1963 New York world's fair in Flushing, Queens. I stood on line at the Chrysler Pavilion for a quick ride on a closed track in this car. I remember the wild rear end, the turbine sound, and that copper orange paint.

@hilarylaw8415

2 ай бұрын

That's amazing. What a great experience and wonderful memory.

I'm so glad Hagerty got to interview and record some of the engineers involved with the Chrysler Turbine Car directly. Even 60 years on their love and passion for the project shines through and thankfully won't be lost to time.

What a great little movie!

It was an honor to be part of the Countach Cannonball Run documentary! Love this. The 1950s and 1960s were amazing time for the automobile in America. So much incredible information in this documentary for us car nerds. 😊😂❤

I work for Williams International, featured in this documentary. The cutting edge technology combined with the knowledge and can-do spirit, I have no doubt that the folks here will get that turbine engine running again.

We've got a beautifully maintained Turbine at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, near Gull Lake, Michigan! What a unique automobile.

Those old guys couldn't be happier that Jay Leno roached that motor to get to work on it again 60 years later lol. Super intriguing documentary, extremely well executed and directed, I really enjoyed learning from this film.

That is so cool that Jay's engine is being rebuilt with the help of the surviving original guys. In a way it is a blessing in disguise that the engine granaded. Now the knowledge, the processes, the skills can be redeveloped and passed down.

@user-xp6hl8ww9z

8 ай бұрын

Everything would be better if more people were like you, I appreciate you.

@nobody7817

8 ай бұрын

This event was bad for Leno, but good for him too. He got a chance to meet these guys. This event was great for the company that he selected, they got a chance to learn and to meet these guys... but as a 60 year old Engineer--I KNOW this must have been a GREAT time for these original guys. I would LOVE IT if I could work on some of my old projects again... feel needed and appreciated, and bring back some part of Americana.... OMG this must have been a dream come true for them!!!! They deserved that one last bid on the project; and I couldn't be happier for them! Leno did a great thing.

This was such a pleasure to watch. I immediately felt a connection to the characters and their passion for such a unique car. I love the mix of history and technology as the story unfolds. Great job.

Hagerty once again making some of the best automotive content on KZread. What an amazing story about a different era in cars, Detroit, and America as a whole.

This is a magnificent presentation, a true masterpiece. Hats off to all who helped create it.

What an amazing testament to the older gentlemen who came to help rebuild the engine. Hats off to that team of people who were part of the reason why the US auto industry was king at the time they were in their prime.

I saw one go by my parents house in the 60's. It was in Grosse Point Michigan, I was 7 or 8 years old. I can still remember the sound! It was a cool time, Motown music, muscle cars.

project blue jay made me smile. great team of guys right there!

Having read Steve Lehto's book on the Turbine, it gave me a new appreciation of them I had known what they were and why they existed, but the book took it to a whole new level of appreciation. This video took it to the next level. It actually moved me to tears in parts with the passion that people still have for this project and these cars. Well done!

My neighbor, (Clint Attwood), was working for Chrysler at the time, and was provide one of these cars. I was a friend of one of his sons (Craig), and he provide myself (as well as other neighborhood kids) a ride. I was around 12 or 13 years old at the time, and too young to appreciate just how rare of an opportunity it was. Thank-you for posting. This, and other similar video's let me finally appreciate the experience.

that is such a beauty of a car in so many aspects.

This turbine car was amazing. It sounded like no other car available at it's time .

I remember this Turbo car at the ‘64&65 NY World’s Fair and loved it too! Excellent tribute to an engineering marvel.

This is by far the greatest automotive documentary ever produced. Kudo's to everyone involved, past and present.

It's awesome seeing Project Blue Jay and all the people come out to help rebuild the Turbine.

This was great! I was thinking "how did I not know Hagerty has a channel making sweet long-form car docs?" Then I saw you really just started. This is great stuff, embarking on a binge of the others right now.

Unbelievably great documentary. As a 30 year old diehard gearhead that tends to lean towards more modern vehicles, this is unabashedly one of the most moving, inspiring, and emotionally connected projects I've seen. What an amazing team of engineers, and to see their passion and even appteciation for their fellow team members is something that will stay with me.

@drownthepoor

4 ай бұрын

Newer vehicles are obviously better in almost any way. Efficiency, safety, and performance have all progressed. But the art of design in automobiles is lacking, and their true longevity is also likely gone. The old cars were sculpted. The new cars are designed with a computer. The computer itself doesn't stand in the way, but they're limited to restrictions imposed by the governments. If you look at many of the things that fail on vehicles today they're often related to things mandated by govt as well. But the real thing I wonder about is all of the plastic lasting the ages that metal or aluminium have.

@ThatRedNismo

4 ай бұрын

Even as a 21 year old, I have to agree completely. What a marvel of engineering, and an impressive documentary.

A time where designers, technicians and engineers had no limits.

@mjoet731

9 ай бұрын

it was a time of large profits and little regulation (both needed to do projects like this) - government killed that it's killing it in my industry now

@steveperreira5850

4 ай бұрын

Yes they were very bold, but I still can’t totally admire them because they made dumb choices. I’m an engineer to and I was doing a lot of research and development work and had quite a bit of success. But there were times when management idiots asked me to do things that were totally so stupid, and I just refuse to do them, and told them why. You can be both intelligent and stupid at the same time. The people on this turbine engine car project were foolish!

@BennieWilll

2 ай бұрын

@@mjoet731 Not to get political... but it was also a time of high taxation in the 50s and 60s. Big businesses could hide money from the government by dumping their profits into side projects like this that simply gave Chrysler publicity. In 1964 the corporate tax rate was 50% and today it sits at 21%. You see a lot less of this kind of stuff today.

Amazing documentary.

41 years old and never heard of this car. Wow. Learned something new today. 🤯

I was beside myself to see the original team from over 60 years ago be able to have the chance to still be here to take on rebuilding the turbine engine they designed and built. It really brought tears to my eyes to see this. Thank you Jay and all the people that made his rebuild happen This show is one for the books. ❤

Great video, I'm glad they were able to get some of the original guys working on this project before we lose them. What a great resource. Good luck to all.

This is one of the best videos you all have done! Excellent story telling as well as looping in all the old engineering staff. Very well made, thank you!

This was fascinating to watch, thanks for making it!

I just sat here and watched the entire 1 hour and ten minutes documentary by accident. I started and couldn't stop, somehow this piece of video gave me a warm feeling I just had to hold on to.

Fantastic Documentary! Sad we're very rapidly losing these visionary and immensely talented folk. So many stories like the Chrysler turbine car waiting to be told and i hope we get to them while there's still the people around to help tell the story.

@michaelbenardo5695

10 ай бұрын

Thanks to computers, most of the younger people are incapable of actually doing anything that requires brains. The computer does it all for them.

It was painful to watch those cars being destroyed at the end of the publicity program. And even more painful to learn of the destruction of nearly 30 years of research and accumulated knowledge being shredded and trashed when the Turbine program was killed. To think that the still living engineers who helped create this technology 70 years ago are having to rely on memory and reverse engineering to restore this innovative engine is equally distressing and inspiring. What a moving film.

Older engineers never stop finding solutions to problems......even after all the time and lost records they still have the passion.... great video

@DonaldNeugebauer

7 ай бұрын

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I have loved everything about cars growing up as a kid to then working in the auto industry as a lot boy to salesman to finance mgr. This story had be absolutely choked when the old engineers jumped onboard with the new team. This type of worksmanship, art and history should be documented and kept on display as milestone and testament to the efforts of everyone from chrysler, gm and the team at project blue jay. Amazing stuff and thank you for sharing this.

I had no expectation that I’d be so emotional by the end of this wonderful video. Thank you producers, engineers, Chrysler, Jay Leno, and all the other passionate people associated with this amazing story.

I was going to the Navy engineman school in 1966 at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center when Chrysler brought one of the turbine cars to our school. We got to inspect it though out. We did not get to drive it but we all got a chance to sit in the vehicle while it was runnig. What a great time in history to be a part of it. Thank you Chrysler.

I had to come back and watch this documentary again. This is one of the best video essays I’ve found on this platform.

A fascinating, incredibly well put together and entertaining video. Much thanks to all involved in the making of this peak into American automotive history!

One of my favorite movies as a kid (and still today 59 years later) is "The Lively Set" (1964) because it features the Turbine car in a road race. I instantly fell in love with this beautiful car, and was always sad it never became mass produced. I just rewatched it a few days ago so it is very fortuitous finding this video today. Thank you so much!

A couple of years ago, I had converted 8mm films that my parents had taken in the 60s and 70s. I came across a couple of reels taken at the 1964 World's Fair in Queens. The big three automakers had very impressive showcases that you could see throughout. But the one car that flashed across the pictures that was unique: the Chrysler Turbine car in what looks to be in white. Very cool to see! Seeing that and then getting to see the history in this video is fascinating!

Crazy to believe that there was once a time when Chrysler was cutting edge.

Excellent! What an amazing film. Thank you for documenting this amazing piece of automotive history. Bravo!

Wow what an amazing documentary. Bravo Hagerty, this is the content I wish we saw more of. The Turbine car was freaking awesome.

I lived in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak from 1964 to 1970. One of these cars was driven by a man who worked for Chrysler and lived a block away from us. In those days more than half the people on the streets worked for one of the Big 3 auto companies. This car really stood out and got our attention.

@jacktheflipper-yc7yy

6 ай бұрын

Was this on Brookwood st ? I walked by a house that had one of these cars in the driveway every morning on my way to catch the school bus on 12 mile.

This is the best car video I have watched in years. Superb. Of course it has a great story, but it really captures the enthusiasm and joy of all the people involved. Thank you Hagerty.

Simple but great cinematography. Kudos to Tom Quigley, Mike Gallagher and Ian Mosley-Duffy.

Thank you Haggerty. Giving this marvel and the minds behind it the documentary they deserve.

I pulled up behind one of these turbine cars at a stop light in the mid 1960s in Garden Grove California. I remember the interesting whine of the engine and smell of the exhaust. It was a beautiful car in my estimation.

Might be the best automotive documentary I've seen yet. Incredibly well done, educational and fascinating.

I always had a fascination with these cars. Not only the engineering, but how gorgeous the car looks inside and out. Of course I had the model as a kid. I was able to see one in person at the Walter P Chrysler museum in Auburn Hills when it was open. Excellent documentary.

Best car documentary I have seen in a long time. Really interesting.

My father brought one home when I was a kid, he seemed excited by it (he was a Chrysler executive). Only had it for a day or two.

Such an amazing machine and story, about the technology and the dedicated people involved in every aspect of it, from creation, to using and driving the car, to restoring the rare parts to their former glory. THAT is the most American thing I've ever watched showing what happens when enthusiastic and talented people can do when are brought together united by the same vision and passion. I almost cried.

Utterly fantastic project and story. This awesome adventurous American ingenuitive, and spirit, passion, and can-do attitude gives me chills and and the same sense of awe and pride I had as a kid watching the Apollo missions. What an amazing idea and project! So well told too. THANK YOU for telling this story.

What an incredible video. The space race brought about one of the most magnificent eras of design, amazing to see it captured and documented so beautifully.

Fantastic video, watching those cars be crushed and lit on fire in the junkyard hurt. The one car looked like it had a quivering lip as it was taken to the crusher. So cool to hear from and document those who surrounded this project back in the day. Thank you for the wonderful content Haggerty.

So much goosebumps watching this, amazing. What amazing team it had and the amazing team working on Jay’s, the car community doesn’t have an equal.

@hotrodswoodshed7405

9 ай бұрын

Same here...I found tears of joy and comradery at the end

this was a fantastic video! really enjoyed it. thank you !

What a fantastic production, thank you very much for sharing it!

I have always had a fascination over unique amazing engineering especially this car. I remember first watching a video with Jay and Dennis gage about the turbine car and fell in love with it. I always wished to see a documentary made about this engineering behind it and to see this video recommended to me on KZread I was amazed. I'd like to thank Hagerty for this wonderful documentary.

One of the remaining cars is at the Stahl Automotive Museum in Michigan (near where I live). That car is shown in this video. I have been there many times since it was obtained and it is quite a car although in the style of the day a big car. Stahls has a KZread video showing it after it was restored and first run around the parking lot. While a neat engineering experiment, like many of these designs.....they had to prove their value to the companies bottom line and in many cases taking such a "different" design and making it competitive with existing cars could be a career ending experiment. My late father-in-law was a top Mechanical Engineer at GM during this period....he told me stories of how difficult it was to get a new design into production. That being said....I think that these were the golden years of Detroit autos. While newer cars and engineering is a lot better today, those were heady days with flamboyant designs and not cars looking like most other cars.

@flouisbailey

9 ай бұрын

The color of cars of that era could return but sadly we have 14 shades of silver, where is the salmon, turquoise, vivid greens, even fire engines aren’t really Red any more.

Wow that was fantastic guys,, really enjoyed that,,I'm almost 60 now and would have loved to have been involved.

What a brilliant video. And a reminder of some of the incredible stuff done in the 50's and 60's, so even better to see those old fellows coming back in to help

Excellent documentary about a fascinating turbine car that Chrysler Engineering developed back in the 50s and 60s. I was very lucky to work for Chrysler on a similarly exotic engine, a 3-cylinder 2-stroke engine in the late 80s and early 90s. I was also very lucky to work with Bud Mann, featured in this documentary.

I rode with my father in the Summer of 1972 or 1973, in a 1973 turbine powered Dodge Coronet. I think it was late Summer of 1972, so it was a very new 1973 Coronet. It sounded like a jet airplane.

This is so heartwarming, and I love the sound of one of these starting up, it just sounds amazing. 🙂

What a fantastic thing to watch about a fascinating and very special vehicle in automotive history. Would love to see one someday

Best part was that Jay and Steve exited the show and put the whole history and focus on the old guys. It kind of gave them recognition for what they created. They did not seemingly try to overshadow all of that. This is a great video about a serious car history. ❤

Thank you for making these. They are wonderful videos that feel like an awesome take on a style of video that just isn't made anymore

beautiful video Hagerty, since you made this video I would like to give you the idea of ​​making a video of the history of the Slant Six, Chrysler's longest-lived and most durable engine, a world icon, the engine that Chrysler sold all over the world. An engine with sporting achievements in the US, Argentina, Australia, etc., achievements in resistance, durability. The Leaning Tower of Power deserves recognition.

@michaelbenardo5695

10 ай бұрын

The Slant 6 was truly great engine. Too bad Chrysler didn't make a longer block version with wider bore spacing, so that it could be as large as 265 or more cubic inches.

@franciscodelvecchio2203

9 ай бұрын

@@michaelbenardo5695 Perhaps a larger Slant Six would have been an interesting version, although if you mean to get power with more displacement, I must say that if you know the 225 you can get a lot of power without any turbo or supercharger. In my country, Argentina, we had the Dodge Polara RT with the RG225 Slant Six of 174 HP and 333 nm that I consider the best Slant Six produced by Chrysler worldwide in terms of performance, then we had the racing Slant Six that they came to produce 320 HP and maximum speeds close to 290 km/h, today there are Slant Six with injection that reach 400 HP without supercharging.

@michaelbenardo5695

9 ай бұрын

@@franciscodelvecchio2203 It would be more for increased torque, rather than increased horsepower. Souping an engine takes away low RPM torque. For a heavy vehicle, 225 cubes isn't very much. Think of how good a 265 cubic inch Slant 6 would be?

Wow, I didn't expect such a cool story with this one! Glad I watched!

Your attention to detail and humour are unmatched. Please never change. 🇨🇦❤. Finally up to date in this series. Now I will have to wait. 😊

My dad was Lead Hand, of Tool and Die for GE Aviation 47 years. I wish I could have talked him into passing that knowledge down to an up and comer, or a small turbine company. But, when he was done, he was done .

This is really something truly special!! Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen who are involved in this great Foundation and Project!! Thank you Mr. Jay Leno for your enthusiasm and funding of “any additional costs”. Thank Steve Lehto for writing your great books on this car!! I hope there will be public showings of these cars. I’d love to see one in person and maybe be able to touch it, sit in it, and the ultimate, be taken for a ride in it!!

A wonderful documentary on a wonderful car. Thanks to everyone involved.

Awesome documentary. I enjoyed watching this!

I remember well the excitement in the 1968 Indy 500 hoping that the Andy Granitelli and Parnelly Jones would race the turbine again.

Wish we had a turbine choice today. ❤

@bstct

9 ай бұрын

I agree.

@MsRandiCook

9 ай бұрын

@@sandervanderkammen9230 we have turbines for airplanes for less.

@MsRandiCook

9 ай бұрын

@@sandervanderkammen9230 you better look more closely. Certified I agree more $$$, but an experiment rated turbine is way less. You dint need a certified for a vehicle. Just a good rebuild.

@MsRandiCook

9 ай бұрын

@@sandervanderkammen9230 that's engine and transmission together with regen. It is am amazing engine Chrysler created. Aircraft don't use regen and only a simple gear reduction for a turboprop.

@user-xp6hl8ww9z

8 ай бұрын

You are perfect just the way you are, I appreciate you.

Beautiful work guys, hell of a job on this vid. Always thought that was the coolest and unique feats of engineering I’ve ever seen.

What a fantastic documentary! Thank you so very much!