Gilmore Car Museum - 100th Chrysler Anniversary

This past weekend, the Gilmore Car Museum held the 43rd Annual Red Barns Spectacular which showcases collector cars 25 years and older. While a good amount of the show cars featured a significant number of muscle cars and custom cars, there were some very interesting cars outside that group. I'll have photos of the ones I found the most interesting coming up soon. With so many cars in attendance, I couldn't possibly have gotten photos of them all.

At the show, there was also a display that celebrated the Chrysler's 100th Anniversary. The Chrysler Brand display commemorated 100 years of innovation, design and driving excitement!

To start, I'll take a look at the Chrysler cars featured. The cars displayed are part of Chrysler's Automobile Collection, all of which were on display at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum before it closed.

Chrysler's 1st prototype was introduced in 1924, just before Chrysler's launch in 1925. This is the only remaining prototype and has belonged to Chrysler since it was built.

1924 Chrysler B70 Phaeton - Prototype

The 2nd car was a very innovative car issued in 1934. The streamlined body that Chrysler designed was a fundamental change in automotive styling. Unfortunately, it wasn't widely accepted and Chrysler moved to more conventional styles by 1937. 

1934 Chrysler Airflow Model CU 4dr Sedan

The 3rd car was the 1st Chrysler 300 letter car. A series of cars that ran from 1955-1965. A powerful sport styled car with luxury appointments. based on the New Yorker series. The C-300 was the beginning of the "300 Legend".

1955 Chrysler C-300 Hardtop Sport Coupe

The 4th car was the Ghia-designed Turbine Car. Chrysler built 55 of these cars that were used for testing and for the public user program which ran from 1963 to 1966. After the end of the program, Chrysler destroyed all but 9 of the cars. Of the remaining cars, Chrysler retained 2 of them, six are in museums and one is in the private collection of Jay Leno.

1963 Chrysler Turbine Hardtop Coupe

The 5th car I took photos of is the last. Although, the Chrysler display also included a special 100th Anniversary Edition of the Pacifica Mini Van. Seriously, this is what the Chrysler Brand has become, not interested. The final car is a retro-styled concept car with styling cues of the Bugatti Type 57S and the Talbot-Lago T150. While it proved to very popular and still is whenever it is seen, Chrysler never put the car into production.

1995 Chrysler Atlantic Sport Coupe Concept