J. Clarke wrote:
Rick Cook wrote:


J. Clarke wrote:

Badger wrote:



J. Clarke wrote:


Of course you can. This is nothing new. In 1963 a bunch of people were
driving around in gas turbine powered Chryslers, that could run on just
about anything including whiskey and perfume (both were demonstrated).

Typical Americans, late again, Rover had a jet engined car in 1950.....


That mothers were using to drive their kids to school? The Chrysler
wasn't a prototype, it was a production car.



Niel ;-)


Since they only built about 50 of them and never sold any, I don't think
the term 'production' applies.


They were in the hands of ordinary citizens and driven daily for several
years and there are in fact still several of them in private hands. They
were as much "production cars" as some models of Ferrari.

How did they end up in private hands? GM didn't sell them and I thought
they destroyed them all after the program ended. sob! If any of them
still exist I'd love to see one again.

BTW: I think you're wrong about the Ferrari. IIRC they had to produce a
minimum number, something like a hundred, to qualify for GT racing. The
Formula Ones and such were a different matter, of course.

So how may Rovers were in private hands, ever?

None, of course. Those were purely experimental, like some of the
'turbine cars' a few people built in the 60s using military surplus
turbines.

--RC