# Recommended reading **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949 "2026-07-09T12:59:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/1 "2026-07-09T12:59:46Z")
… if you’re interested in learning everything about Chrysler’s Turbine Car program of the '60s. It includes everything–from the ongoing engineering changes during the development phase, to the construction of the bodies and interiors by Ghia, to the loaner program for assessing consumer reactions, to the rebuilding of the engine in Jay Leno’s Turbine car. > **[Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation: Lehto,...](https://www.amazon.com/Chryslers-Turbine-Car-Detroits-Creation/dp/1613743459)** > > Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation \[Lehto, Steve, Leno, Jay\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/2 "2026-07-09T13:17:21Z")
I’ll add it to my reading list Thanks for the recommendation ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/3 "2026-07-09T13:49:20Z")
I enjoyed his “Preston Tucker” book. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/4 "2026-07-09T15:10:08Z")
I’m a little booked up right now but I remember when popular mechanics covered the whole thing. No idea what year it was but 60s. Thought it might be the future. Seems to me there was one in Minnesota for a while. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/5 "2026-07-09T15:52:19Z")
It’s an excellent book I read it when it first came out. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/6 "2026-07-09T16:01:05Z")
I didn’t realize the author is the same one on you tubes lehtos law. A Michigan lawyer that specialized in consumer auto cases. He’s rhe one that filmed going north over the Mackinac bridge. Said he was delivering books to the UP. More fun riding along than actually driving over that bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/7 "2026-07-09T18:29:22Z")
I saw one for about ten seconds driving on Central Ave NE, Minneapolis Mn when they were still in the hands of a select few. Gorgeous car. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/8 "2026-07-09T18:37:38Z")
I was able to visit the NY World’s Fair, in 1964, and they were offering rides on a closed track, in one of the Turbine cars, but the line was so incredibly long that we couldn’t wait. Inside the Chrysler pavilion, there was a stage show, and the c l i m a x (believe it or not, that word was censored!) of that show was the unveiling of the Turbine car. However, the one on stage was painted Pearlescent White, instead of the “standard” bronze/copper color. The book makes mention of one white Turbine car, but it doesn’t mention that it was used as the centerpiece of that stage show. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/9 "2026-07-09T20:43:07Z")
Yes there is a city in northern minnesota named that. Last I strolled through there, the sign was still up. Don’t know the herstory. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/10 "2026-07-09T23:14:24Z")
Allegedly it’s named after this tobacco brand. ![Screenshot_20260709_160830_Chrome](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/5/b543218912c7d572f355a9b4cf4a8880b418fc7b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/11 "2026-07-09T23:19:53Z")
That must have been REALLY good chewing tobacco. 😏 ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/recommended-reading/205949/12 "2026-07-11T16:32:08Z")
Steam locomotives too. One at the Brasstown Bald mountain visitors center. Of course my girlfriend had to point out that it was a Clim\*x. I still wonder how they got that engine up on top of that mountain. ![IMG_3605](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/6/f6c7e37cfe70b9d4c53590df4db3129fe88645db.jpeg)