"As the first day with Chrysler in bankruptcy dawns, let’s look at a mad car from an era when the automaker was set to conquer the very skies: the jet-powered Gilda coupé.

There is something definitely wrong with the heat exchangers of Italian air conditioners. Granted, they have fans in them and machines with fans will never be silent but cooling a small building by Lake Como should not require a jet engine.

There, I said it—and as if on cue, this orange-silver concoction from half a century ago rounds a bend and motorvates leisurely down a service road. The noise is deafening, high, piercing, slightly dangerous....

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http://jalopnik.com/5235553/ghia-gilda-s...ysler-ever-made

This one is for @Frank Cannon .

Chrysler had a fetish for turban cars in the 50's through to the 70's. They actually had a bunch of test cars built in Italy in '63 that they passed out to average people to drive as a test. My dad actually drove one because he knew a guy in the test market pool. Said it was totally unremarkable.....



Most of them were crushed because Chrysler didn't want to pay the import duty on them but every once in a while one will turn up at a high end car show.