George J. Huebner, Jr. and James C. Zeder with Chrysler Experimental Gas Turbine Engine, 1956

Summary

Chrysler's Vice President of Engineering, James C. Zeder, and Executive Engineer, George J. Huebner, Jr., pose in front of the company's experimental gas turbine car. Huebner, holding a power wheel, was a driving force in Chrysler's turbine effort. Chrysler was the only company to put potential customers behind the wheel of a turbine-powered vehicle.

Chrysler's Vice President of Engineering, James C. Zeder, and Executive Engineer, George J. Huebner, Jr., pose in front of the company's experimental gas turbine car. Huebner, holding a power wheel, was a driving force in Chrysler's turbine effort. Chrysler was the only company to put potential customers behind the wheel of a turbine-powered vehicle.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

15 March 1956

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.16705

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.25 in

Width: 8.25 in

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