Chrysler Turbine Car

Made by Chrysler Corporation1963Burbank, California

A Chrysler Turbine Car — the bronze, Ghia-bodied coupe built around a gas-turbine engine and lent to over 200 American families in a public user program. Chrysler built 55; nearly all were destroyed when the program ended. This survivor is one of a handful in private hands and is maintained in running order.

Provenance

1963

Built by Chrysler with Ghia coachwork for the turbine user program

confirmed

1960s

Survived the program's end; most examples destroyed

documented

2009

Reported in the collector's garage (press coverage of the turbine program survivors)

documented

2026

Digitally preserved in Relic

confirmed

Current Custodian

Jay Leno

Burbank, California

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Access Matrix

Digital viewingpublic
Additional photographsby request
Remote video inspectionavailable
Research visitowner approval
Temporary research loancase by_case
Museum exhibition loanavailable
Scientific samplingnot permitted
Commercial licensingcontact owner

Record Metadata

CategoryVehicles

MaterialsSteel unibody (Ghia coachwork), gas-turbine powerplant

Dimensions5.11 × 1.85 × 1.36 m

ConditionOperational; exercised periodically

Digital Record

24 high-res images (8,192 × 6,144)

3D Mesh / Photogrammetry

Precise digital measurements

Doc. Score: 88/100Scanned 8/30/2026

Cite this object

Relic Archive. (1963). Chrysler Turbine Car [Object record]. Relic Object RL-1963-007002.