John Z. Goriup Posted July 7, 2018 Share #11081  Posted July 7, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Looks like the early '60s Chrysler Turbine car. My father happened to be one of the chosen 'civilian' testers for this experiment when Chrysler contacted him in his capacity as engineering manager for Caterpillar Tractor Co. and offered him the car for a three-month daily driver test program ( if I recall correctly ) if he would be willing to allow them to 'debrief' him on a  weekly basis to get his opinions and input about the car. I was in school at the time and had neither the time nor the interest in "jet cars", but did go for a ride in it once out of pure curiosity...........an eerie experience, when just about all I was used to at the time were VWs and cheap, used, small displacement imported sports cars with conventional internal combustion motors.  Good one, Hector  JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hektor Posted July 7, 2018 Share #11082  Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) You are spot on John. The car illustrated was photographed at the 1964 New York World's Fair. One of those disappointments of automotive history as it was IMHO a better motive power than the reciprocating piston engine. The likely manufacturing costs are what killed it.  John did your father comment on the car to you? He must have been well respected by Chrysler to have been asked to test the car. Edited July 7, 2018 by hektor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 7, 2018 Share #11083 Â Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) I saw one running at the Geneva motorshow in 1964. Edited July 7, 2018 by wlaidlaw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted July 7, 2018 Share #11084 Â Posted July 7, 2018 The National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis has a running Chrysler Turbine car, they fire it up every now and then at shows, I have seen it driving once. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted July 8, 2018 Share #11085  Posted July 8, 2018 Three details / slices of a beautiful, elegant and very rare car from the era 'between the wars'.  Let's see who can come up with the correct make & model name.  JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3552115'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 8, 2018 Share #11086  Posted July 8, 2018 Delahaye 145 Chapron coupé Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 8, 2018 Share #11087  Posted July 8, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  Chassis 48773 at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  Chassis 48773 at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3552233'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted July 9, 2018 Share #11088  Posted July 9, 2018 Well done, Hector...................and correct, of course.  Here's the car shown at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.  Interesting story behind this car by the way: In the mid '30s the French government sponsored a one-million franc prize to any French entity ( individual, manufacturer, club, etc. ) that could beat the speed record held by an Alfa P3, since the two European 'axis powers', Germany & Italy, dominated motorsports and automobile design & production, with all French car makers in deep trouble. Delahaye finally built a series of 4 model 145 racers ( 4.5 liter V-12 ) and in the hands of Rene Dreyfuss managed to beat the Alfa record by the thinnest of margins in '37 at Monthlery. Delahaye duly collected their prize, and went on to win two Grands Prix with the record-breaking car, which was subsequently purchased, along with another of the four originals by Henri Chapron, a top-tier French coach builder, who had them rebodied as exclusive high-performance GTs.  War broke out shoretly thereafter and as so much else of value in France, the cars were hidden in caves and barnes far from Paris to keep them from falling into the hands of the feared and hated Boshe. After the war, the two Chapron cars were largely forgotten, with most of the collector car community agreeing that this is the actual record-breaking car, which wound up in the Peter Mullin Collection in his extraordinary Oxnard, California museum in 2004 - Mullin is the French classic car enthusiast who is also the current 'caretaker' of the first of the four Bugatti Atlantic coupes made in '36 for the Baron de Rothschild.  Thanks for playing, your turn.  JZG Attached Images Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3552356'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 9, 2018 Share #11089  Posted July 9, 2018 Thank-you John. Very interesting.  Try this one:  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3552367'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 9, 2018 Share #11090 Â Posted July 9, 2018 It looks rather like the Ferrari 330GTC Princess de Rethy but the wheels are wrong (not Borrani wires). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 9, 2018 Share #11091  Posted July 9, 2018 Same era. Same designer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 9, 2018 Share #11092  Posted July 9, 2018 Fiat 2300S Special Lausanne Coupé. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 9, 2018 Share #11093  Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) Right Wilson.  Pininfarina Fiat 2300 S Coupé Speciale introduced at the 1963 Lausanne Salon:  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  It is a pity Fiat didn't put it in to production.  For a while in the seventies I had a Ghia coupé; great cruising car but a bit of a truck. Edited July 9, 2018 by hektor 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  It is a pity Fiat didn't put it in to production.  For a while in the seventies I had a Ghia coupé; great cruising car but a bit of a truck. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3552517'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 9, 2018 Share #11094 Â Posted July 9, 2018 I love the slim pillars they were able to get away with in that period. The pillars in my Panamera are at least 4 times as thick and at roundabouts, it is very easy for them to obscure a cyclist or motorcycle. I am currently in the UK with just an iPad and no images. Can anyone help out with another mystery car please? Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted July 10, 2018 Share #11095  Posted July 10, 2018 Can anyone help out with another mystery car please?  Wilson Allow me to take a crack at another one.  Based on the dark blue detail, what meodel of Ferrari is shown here ?  JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3553063'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 10, 2018 Share #11096  Posted July 10, 2018 I know I've seen it but I cannot find it among my photos. I'm guessing late '50s - early '60s, berlinetta, probably with a large displacement (not 250/275) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 10, 2018 Share #11097 Â Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) 1966-1967 Ferrari 365 California Spyder Edited July 10, 2018 by hektor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted July 10, 2018 Share #11098  Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) Hector, as usual, you're right.  A '67, shot at Pebble Beach in '17, one of 14 produced.  Your turn Hector,  JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited July 10, 2018 by John Z. Goriup 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3553380'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 10, 2018 Share #11099 Â Posted July 10, 2018 Oh dear, it's hard work getting it right. Â John, what year were you at Pebble Beach? Â I promise to post something in the next twenty four hours, but today is not the day as I do have a life beyond "Name this car". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted July 11, 2018 Share #11100 Â Posted July 11, 2018 I attended the Monterey Historics (as they were called when first introduced by Steve Earl at Laguna Seca in '78), every year from '79 when I moved the family to the San Francisco area through 2017 when we moved from California to Idaho, over which time the Historics, actually a weekend of by-invitation-only vintage races had eveolved into Monterey Car Week with a multitude of car-related events all over the peninsula. Â Since the introduction of the Pebble Beach Concours in '55, if I recall correctly, it has always been the final event and the crowning jewel of the series of shows, races, auctions, sales, seminars etc. that nowadys make up Car Week and it's all usually held during the second week of August. I have thousands of film and digital images from every one of the Concours I attended, and will treasure the memories for as long as I live. Â Wonderful event, great cars, fascinating people, and an exemplary & thorough education in the exotic / collector car passion...... not to mention a lifetime supply of photos and information about unique and interesting cars for the "name this car" thread. Â JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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