A guy in Brea Ca. is selling his Thunderbolt,built by LeBaron. Only five were built. He paid $45k back in '85. He's asking $1.5-$2mil. Hidden headlights,push ****on doors,hydrolic windows. It was originally owned by Bruce Cabot. There was a cool little story about the car in the local paper today. I figured somebody on here might know soimething about them.
Wasn't this or something similar to this just posted on here a day or two ago?...I'd search for it, but I don't care that much...
Link # 1 - Imperial web pages......http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1941/thunderbolt/index.htm Link #2 - Concept Carrz ......http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z1900/Chrysler-Thunderbolt.aspx Link #3 - How Stuff Works ...... http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1941-chrysler-thunderbolt-roadster.htm This from Diseno-Art.com ..... One of the most incredible looking idea cars ever to be built must be the Chrysler Thunderbolt. Designed by Briggs' Alex Tremulis (formerly of Cord), there were in fact six of these beautiful machines built, all by LeBaron. The Thunderbolt was conceived as a sports car and was made using an aluminium envelope-type body which featured smooth contours, free of any protruding metal work like doorhandles, aerials, etc. The integrated fenders were almost a decade ahead of their time, but the most advanced aspect of the Thunderbolt was its fully retractable hardtop. It was electrically operated from push****ons on the dash, and when down, disappeared completely in to the trunk. Also advanced for the times were power windows, hidden headlamps, and door openings, all of which were hydraulically operated by push****ons, including a push****on radio! They were mounted on standard C-26 ch***is with conventional NewYorker running gear and fitted with the powerful 143bhp, 323.5cubic inch straight eight, taken from the C-27 Crown Imperial. Once completed, they were painted different colours and trimmed using leather and Bedford cord set around an aircraft-style dash. They toured dealerships throughout America to rapturous acclaim. Except for the 1938 Buick Y-job, the '41 Thunderbolts are thought to be the first concept cars ever to be displayed to the public. Unusually, the cars were sold off to individuals in 1941, which is why they have such a high survival rate; all six are still in existence. Most concept cars from the 1950's and 60's were destroyed after their short tour of duty. If you would like to see one in the flesh then I recommend a visit to the Walter P. Chrysler museum in Detroit, where they have a silver one on a huge revolving mast as you enter the main foyer. Text by Peter Grist
its all new to me. never heard of em, but its cool. ugly but cool. wunder what happened to the other four? thanks 47Plym, anserwed that question.
I got bored, here's what you should have searched for before making another useless post...thanks for giving me something to do... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=446742&highlight=1941+chrysler
Why you have to be a ****? If it was useless to you than you should have gone back to watching the mens figure skating, dumb***!!!
Oh, I'm just trying to catch up to your post count, that's all...I mean, 15 thousand posts in 4 years, that's quite a lot of useless reposts of threads you could have searched for first before cluttering the place up with them...
No man, if we counted up all the pix you've posted (with all the babes hanging on your car, and others), the picture count would have to double or triple...there HAS to be some useless posts in there somewhere... R-
Wow!... How's that for a useful and informative post?... Pretty cool Bob, and thanks for bringing this useless post to those of us who missed the first useless post.... Also does this meen hidden headlights are traditional?
so...where do I get some of those babes to d**** over my cars so I can contribute some useless posts? dj
The Jalopy Journal
