Olds turbo car

[turbofrank]

 

[turbofrank]

From the factory ,Buick motor,all alum, meth. I heard about never seen one until 2 weeks ago . Convert too

 

[87chrisss]

This is pretty cool i did some research after you posted it, very interesting. The car was high compression all aluminum v8, garrett turbocharged with methanol injection. I also read if the Meth tank was empty it would by pass the turbocharger to prevent possible engine damage. Super cool..

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/...car-of-tomorrow-1962-1963-oldsmobile-jetfire/

 

[novaderrik]

weren't those based on the Corvair chassis, except with the engine up front where it belongs? i believe Pontiac had a version, too..

 

[TurboTdr3.8]

A very cool article , I had a 62 Buick Special that had the all aluminum 215 V8 in it . The Buick Special looked alot like that Olds F85 .

 

[TurboDave]

And I had a 63 Pontiac LeMans that had the wierd curved flexible driveshaft feeding the transaxle in the rear.

 

[SIXBANGR]

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt...tfire&fr2=sg-gac&fr=my-myy-s&pqstr=1962 olds

 

[SIXBANGR]

A buddy of mine in 1966, almost bought one of these. The turbo was long gone and it was a pig, but it was still cool.

 

[twodafloor]

Hey Frank- met that guy at Summer Thunder in Purcellville last summer- probably coolest car there. Guys first name was Scott I believe. They didn't make many of these especially in ragtop.

 

[charlief1]

I'm surprised that the TB community hasn't done the research on where the turbo power came from. The first use of a draw through car/turbo system was in the 1920's on an airplane and it was a low pressure system but gave a better performance overall. Here's a link to the HAMB that might give you more info on the old turbo jetfire system.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=593603

http://www.tctc.com/~park/mph/pageCLIP/page62JET/62jet.htm

 

[GNTIM]

Hi Frank, where was this car show?

 

[turbofrank]

Manassas sat 3ish-until

 

[Adrian87]

I'd never come across this before - thanks for sharing! Neat old car!