Chrysler's turbine car : the rise and fall of Detroit's coolest creation /

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Author / Creator:Lehto, Steve.
Imprint:Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11233920
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ISBN:9781569767696
1569767696
9781569767719
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9781569767702
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9781569765494
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Lehto, Steve. Chrysler's turbine car. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2010 9781569765494
Publisher's no.:MWT11333920