| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The promise of the jet age -- Chrysler's first "jet" car -- The fourth-generation engine : Chrysler's viable automotive powerplant -- The Ghia turbine car -- The user program : the ultimate public relations event -- The globe-trotting Ghia -- Other Ghias in America -- The user experiment -- Wrap-up of the user program -- The beginning of Chrysler's financial decline -- The problem of smog -- Chrysler's financial troubles -- Other manufacturers and the turbine -- The death of the turbine program -- The survivors -- Going for a ride in Jay Leno's Ghia. |
| Summary |
Offering a behind-the-scenes look into the world of automotive research and development in the 1960s, this engaging narrative traces the birth of Chrysler's alternative 'jet' car and reveals the story behind its sudden and mysterious demise. Relying on extensive research and firsthand accounts from surviving members of the turbine car program - including the metallurgist who created the exotic metals for the engine and the test driver who drove it at Chrysler's proving grounds - this chronicle documents the bold development of an automobile with a jet turbine engine. In addition to running wel. |
| Access |
Access available to onsite users at SLQ, e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chrysler automobile -- History -- 20th century.
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Chrysler automobile. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Experimental automobiles -- History -- 20th century.
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Experimental automobiles. |
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Automobiles, Gas-turbine -- History -- 20th century.
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Automobiles, Gas-turbine. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lehto, Steve. Chrysler's turbine car. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2010 9781569765494 (DLC) 2010023636 (OCoLC)610819183 |
| ISBN |
9781569767696 electronic book |
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1569767696 electronic book |
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9781569767719 electronic book |
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1569767718 electronic book |
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9781569767702 electronic book |
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156976770X electronic book |
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9781569765494 |
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1569765499 |
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