Re: {Chrysler 300} Turbine car on the DC National Mall

The discussion about Chrysler's turbine car jogged my memory. In the spring of 1963 I was a junior in Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University and on the organizing committee for the College of Engineering Spring Exposition. I had been reading about Chrysler's turbine car so I wrote and asked them if they would provide a turbine car for exhibit at our weekend show. They said YES and the car was there. Since I was the correspondent, I got to ride in it. What a beautiful car! The engine sounded like a huge vacuum cleaner when starting and accelerating. I hated the decision to destroy most of them (for tax reasons).

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Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} Turbine car on the DC National Mall

In Fall of 1962 I was an entering Freshman at University of Florida with the goal of pursuing a career in Mechanical Engineering. My dormitory room was immediately across the street from where the Engineer's Fair filled a small field for the display of numerous technological developments. One of those was a sample of a new Xerox copy machine, but the most outstanding display for me was a brand new Chrysler Turbine car. I did not see it operate and I'm uncertain that it was ever started for demonstration during the display event. Needless to say I was MOST impressed by the beauty of it's styling and, of course, by the technological achievement.
About 3 years later I was hanging out at a Chevron service with several of my friends when much to my surprise a Turbine car passed slowly through the moderate right angle curve just in front of where we were standing, so we got an exceptional view of the car in motion and could here it accelerate out of the curve.
That was certainly a memorable event for me.
My third opportunity for a viewing came last September when with the 300 Club we visited the museum where one was displayed.

As I try more to recall the date of the Engineer's Fair I think it might have been in the winter or early spring of '63.

----------Marshall Goodknight

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Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} Turbine car on the DC National Mall
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 18:04:31 -0700

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