<VV> FW: 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt - One of a Kind

Mon Dec 5 11:04:22 EST 2011

Now here is a nice idea that never saw the light of day....kind of like the
1970 Corvair

Mike in Michigan
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>  1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt
> One of a Kind 
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>  Walter P. Chrysler built his company on the principles of engineering
> excellence and innovation which had distinguished his career in the 19th
> century railroads, at Buick and Willys Overland.
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> The first Chrysler featured an efficient and powerful high compression
> six-cylinder engine, force-feed lubrication, tubular front axle and four-wheel
> hydraulic brakes, refinements then unprecedented in series production
> automobiles at the time.
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> The success of these and other innovations in 1934 culminated in Chryslers
> introduction of the Airflow, a streamlined, unit body breakthrough in
> automobile design.
> Its timing could hardly have been worse.
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> Mired in the dashed expectations of the depression, customers were loathe to
> experiment with something so new and intuitively untried and risky.
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> Sales plummeted and Chrysler quickly reverted to making more conventional
> looking automobiles.
> Their mistake may largely be traced to springing the dramatically different
> Airflow with its distinctive appearance upon an unprepared audience.
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> But one remained immediately recognizable: The Copper Car.
> It was built by LeBaron with a copper hardtop, sill trim and bumpers.
> It survives in this unique, distinctive configuration today.
> After its round of appearances it was sold to actor Bruce Cabot (First Mate
> Jack Driscoll in King Kong among many other roles).
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> In 1954 its engine was replaced by a Chrysler Hemi V-8.
> It was acquired by the Harrahs Collection in 1960 and was bought during its
> 1985 dispersal auction by the most recent owner who two decades later
> commissioned a complete restoration by Chris Kidds Tired Iron Works.
> During restoration the original Spitfire Eight engine was returned to its home
> under the Thunderbolts hood along with a dual carburetor induction system.
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> The drive system powering the retractable hardtop was re-engineered for
> smooth, reliable operation.
> Completed in 2009 it debuted at the Amelia Island Concours d'   Elegance where
> it won the Camille Jenatzy Award for the Most Audacious Exterior, then took
> third in class at the Pebble Beach Concours d'  Elegance in August and a class
> win (scoring 100 points) at the Newport Beach Concours at the St. Regis
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> Everything about this car, as its recent 100 point score confirms, is to the
> highest standards of materials, craftsmanship, historical accuracy, fit,
> finish and function.
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> A dramatic statement of vision and innovation, with its brilliant copper
> hardtop and trim it is one of a kind, a dramatic statement of leadership in
> engineering, design and creativity in the 1940's, and no less a statement
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