25Tribute To The Jet Age (Firebird 1 – 1953)
“Firebird 1 was a high-performance vehicle, and reflects the sweeping lines of a jet-fighter.” These words, as they left the mouth of a GM Styling manager in a 1958 press video, are spoken in downright seriousness. Your eyes, however, are watching a video of the design process as he speaks.
Engineers are mounting a gas-turbine engine less than 12 inches from the driver’s seat…and nobody seems to think that this is a hilariously bad idea! Firebird 1 was essentially a seat bolted to the front of a jet engine—with wheels.
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