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Chrysler Turbine Car "Bronze Blowtorch" Museum Display Sign - Jet-Car Facts

Promotional display placard for Chrysler's Turbine car listing its multi-fuel engine and low-maintenance features.

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This is a photograph of a museum-style display placard titled "Chrysler's Bronze Blowtorch – the turbine," promoting the Chrysler Turbine car. The sign, headed "Imagine a car that...", lists five bullet-point advantages of the turbine engine: it runs on almost any fuel (including kerosene, heating oil, tequila, Chanel #5, and peanut oil); its engine weighs about half as much as a conventional V-8 while its 140 horsepower delivers performance equal to a 200-hp piston engine; it is self-cooled by its own air and has no radiator to fill; it uses only one spark plug and roughly one-fifth as many moving parts as conventional engines, implying reduced maintenance, tune-up, and repair costs; and it starts instantly even in the coldest weather with no warm-up needed. The placard closes with the rhetorical tagline "Now... Who wouldn't want a Jet-Car?" The background artwork shows stylized halftone imagery of the Turbine car's front end and "turbine" script badging. A reader learns the key marketed selling points of Chrysler's turbine-powered automobile concept. The document contains no fuse tables, part numbers, wiring data, or dates.

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Frequently asked questions

What fuels could the Chrysler Turbine car run on?
According to the sign, it runs on almost any fuel, including kerosene, heating oil, tequila, Chanel #5, and peanut oil.
How much horsepower did the Chrysler Turbine engine produce?
It delivered 140 horsepower, which the sign says is equal in performance to a 200-hp piston engine, while weighing about half as much as a conventional V-8.
Did the Chrysler Turbine car have a radiator?
No. The sign states it is self-cooled by its own air, so there is no radiator to fill.
How many spark plugs and moving parts does the turbine engine have compared to conventional engines?
It has only one spark plug and about 1/5th as many moving parts as conventional engines, which the sign suggests means reduced maintenance, tune-up costs, and repair bills.
How does the turbine engine perform in cold weather?
It starts instantly, even in the coldest weather, and needs no warm-up.

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