Concept cars

[hemitheus]

Although not a Concept car, the Deora was amazing. One of my all time favorites. And who could forget the concept car that became reality, the Viper.

 

[Bulldozer]

The concept Chally pic that 73AbodEE posted above is on a poster that's been hanging in my office for years. The car made it out alive, but I'm not sure where it went ??

I was told it was built for the Detroit Auto Show and only had a small fuel cell to get it on & off the platform for the show. He said it didn't have a Hemi & the motor barely ran.....

that is awesome C , wow , i had that very same poster a long time ago !

the Diamante as it was called. there is still a white and orange around

 

[66340SEDAN]

Cool, anyone notice the Diamante car has 1969 Barracuda turn signals mounted in the grille? :glasses7:

 

[Old Tired Rebel]

What great cars.

 

[66340SEDAN]

that is awesome C , wow , i had that very same poster a long time ago !

the Diamante as it was called. there is still a white and orange around

I did to Lance LOL

 

[Bulldozer]

I did to Lance LOL

it may have also been a pull out in one of those late 80's mopar collectors guides , if i remember rayer:

 

[2 Darts]

Cool thread.

The first picture is of the Chrysler Turbine Car of 1964 (IIRC). There were 57 of these cars built by Ghia (later absorbed by Ford) of Italy. 50 of the cars were put in a program where Average Joes and Janes were given the cars to use as everyday transportation. The Joes and Janes recorded their impressions of their experiences with the car. They surrendered their logs and cars, the latter would be put in someone else's hands.

The deal with the cars is that they were brought into the country without any import taxes paid. The laws then gave you two years to pay up or ship out (or crush up).

IMO, this car was not a concept car as much as it was a feasibility study. Could regular people satisfactorily operate a gas turbine powered car? Would a gas turbine engine work well in an uncontrolled environment?

There were no engine failures during the time the program ran. The engine ran on anything that would flow through a pipe and burn.

 

[abodyjoe]

that is awesome C , wow , i had that very same poster a long time ago !

the Diamante as it was called. there is still a white and orange around

there is only one of them around. the white one is the orange one. Steve Juliano the owner of it decided to put the car back to original a while back and that was white. personally i think it looked a lot better in that orange color..


Steve Juliano has a crazy collection of chrysler concept cars and road show cars. looks like his site is down right now..


couple from his collection

 

[YY1]

Dont forget the car Dodge should have built in the early 90's to compete with the RWD mustang and camaro-

The Venom

http://www.netcarshow.com/dodge/1994-venom_concept/

 

[YY1]

Or the Charger III

http://www.amcarguide.com/concept/dodge-charger-iii-concept/

 

[Bulldozer]

there is only one of them around. the white one is the orange one. Steve Juliano the owner of it decided to put the car back to original a while back and that was white. personally i think it looked a lot better in that orange color..


Steve Juliano has a crazy collection of chrysler concept cars and road show cars. looks like his site is down right now..

thanks for the clarification Joe, i wasnt aware they were the same car

Or the Charger III

the charger III even made it to the dragstrip AKA "the flying dutchman"

 

[Bulldozer]

not a concept , but still very cool.

 

[ramenth]

In my opinion Dodge dropped the ball on this one.

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About the same time Ford came out with the re-designed Super Duties. GVW ratings through the roof at the time would have blown a hole in Ford's SD sales with a potential for everything that they're now targeting with the 4500's and 5500's.

 

[Bulldozer]

deora

 

[Old Tired Rebel]

deora

Now this on would be hard to push around.

 

[Old Tired Rebel]

In my opinion Dodge dropped the ball on this one.

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About the same time Ford came out with the re-designed Super Duties. GVW ratings through the roof at the time would have blown a hole in Ford's SD sales with a potential for everything that they're now targeting with the 4500's and 5500's.

I remember this one they had a lot of people begging for it.

 

[Bulldozer]

a couple more of interest

 

[mwls73duster360]

i seen a drawing of this posted but the real thing is awesome and they made around 10 or more actually seen one on the road in Seattle awesome car! 850hp and 850 watt stereo sounds good to me lol

 

[Bulldozer]

Now this on would be hard to push around.

lol looks like a giant roller skate

 

[Old Tired Rebel]

lol looks like a giant roller skate

Wait I have a hernia coming on from pushing my hot wheel

 

[porksoda]

The 1997 Sidewinder Dakota would have been cool to see around. Would have been way better then that Chevy SSR and faster.

 

[porksoda]

Couple more photos:

 

[Bulldozer]

good call , i forgot about the sidewinder

the prowler was actually one that made it into production

 

[salinasjoel]

Now this on would be hard to push around.

I'm pretty sure this is on display in the hot wheels section at the Indianapolis children's museum now.

 

[ramenth]

I remember this one they had a lot of people begging for it.

If I remember rightly one of the excuse's for not putting the T-Rex into production, even though it was a hit with the show crowd and the public was screaming for it was that no one was willing to pay $50-$60K for a pick-up. lol