I wish Chrysler had made this car…

In a sense they did although it was not available to the public.

I'd add that I wish one of the mints would have given us a 1:24 scale diecast of it.  I know I'd have added it.  To my thinking, it's unique like the "original" concept of the Chevy Nomad that would have had a Corvette front and backend.  

@georgeschire…absolutely, positively concur 100%!

Posted by: @georgeschire

I'd add that I wish one of the mints would have given us a 1:24 scale diecast of it.  I know I'd have added it. 

Absolutely, me too, George!!

The Chrysler Turbine Car of 1963 was constructed a while back by Road Signature in, I think, 1/18.  Too big for my shelves!  The 1:1 is at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.   Have fun!

@d-m-holcombe 

Too big for my shelves as well if it's 1:18 scale.  

Chrysler did build this car, 50 or so and several survive today (even Jay Leno has one). There were two basic problems: 1) Blistering hot turbine exhaust was far too dangerous. 2) Constant stop/starting and fluctuating driving speeds did not agree with turbine engines that run much better "cruising at constant RPMs."

Jo-Han models released a WONDERFUL 1/25 plastic scale model kit years ago; it was far superior to ANY other Jo-Han kit. The level of detail/opening features and overall build quality was second to none. Yat-ming released a decent 1/18 diecast version about 20 years back.

There is an operable one at the Museum of Transport in St. Louis county. I had the opportunity to drive it across a parking lot many years ago at the Easter show in St. Louis. The now closed Chrysler museum in Detroit also had one.

Imagine if ya will working at a inspection station and having to put in the exhaust probe this this baby’s exhaust pipe😂

The Chrysler Turbine Car is one of my all-time favorite cars.  I remember seeing two running around on a test track at the New York World's Fair in the summer of '64.  Of the nine survivors, I've been able to see six of them, highlighted in blue below, including Jay Leno's car which he drove to the Mopar Spring Fling a few years ago.  When he drove off, that turbine engine sounded a lot like a vacuum cleaner to me! Here are my Turbine Car models, Yat Ming Road Signature series in 1/18 scale and a 1/25 scale promo.  The pics behind the promo are from the display at the Petersen Auto Museum in the late '90's.  I too would have loved one from the Danbury or Franklin Mint.

Locations of the nine surviving cars (from Wikipedia)

• #991211: National Museum of Transportation, Kirkwood, Missouri
• #991225: Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, Michigan
• #991230: Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, Michigan
• #991231: Stahls Automotive Collection in Chesterfield, Michigan (formerly in Frank Kleptz's private collection in Indiana)
• #991234: Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan
• #991242: Jay Leno's private collection in California (formerly at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, Michigan)
• #991244: Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, California
• #991245: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• #991247: Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, Michigan

I wish they had still gone ahead and made this car after the turbine concept was scrapped.  Even with a conventional drive train (383?) it would have probably been a sales success..