The two-passenger Firebird III features a double bubble cockpit, multiple winglets, and a toned-down power plant guided by an aircraft-inspired control system. Dual power sources – a primary 225-horsepower Whirlfire GT-305 gas turbine engine and a two-cylinder 10-horsepower gasoline engine that runs the accessories – power the Firebird III. Perhaps the most interesting feature of the Firebird III is the Unicontrol. The console-mounted knob allows both the driver and passenger to control steering, accelerating, and braking, all with a twist of the wrist.Source - GM
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In the early 1930s, General Motors had done a reasonable amount of research on the feasibility of gas turbine engines in vehicles, but it wasnt until the early 1950s that they actually began building an actual engine. Emmett Conklin led the project. A series of three concept vehicles that were designed by Harley Earl, the GM Firebird was built by General Motors for the 1953, 1956 and 1959 Motorama....
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