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Turbine-powered oddities, No. 466: the see-through Kenworth-Boeing

Written by webmin

The theoretical advantage to gas turbines, besides their ability to swallow up a wide range of fuels, is their relative lightness and compactness compared to other internal combustion engines (gasoline, diesel) of the same output. Boeing decided to illustrate that advantage with this press photo we recently scrounged up, dated April 10, 1950, showing one […]

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Tagged alt-power cars, Boeing, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, gas turbine, Kenworth, Lost and Found, trucks and Jeeps  
 

Four-Links – Wayne Kady, Borg-Warner Trophy, mystery electric, Leyland gas turbine

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* Dean’s Garage recently posted a few renderings from GM stylist Wayne Kady, including the above rendering of a V-16 powered Cadillac, part of a program that explored Cadillac’s potential return to the world of V-12s and V-16s. * In preparation for the Indianapolis 500 centennial, Racer magazine recently posted their history of the Borg-Warner […]

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Tagged alt-power cars, Borg-Warner Trophy, Cadillac V-16, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, Electric cars, gas turbine, Hemmings Classic Car, Indianapolis 500, Leyland, racing, renderings and concept sketches, trucks and Jeeps, TV and film cars, vans, Wayne Kady  
 
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