With Key features reminiscent of the Douglas Skyray delta wing fighter jet, the Firebird 1 originally taxied into the 1954 General Motors Motorama as the 1954 XP-21 Firebird concept. Highlighted by a jet-like nose, cockpit-like passenger cabin, and open front wheels, plus a miniature wing and vertical tail fin, the jet theme of the single-passenger experimental car continues under the hood as well. Powered by a 370-horsepower Whirlfire GT-302 Turbo-power gas turbine engine, the single-passenger Firebird 1 concept was never intended to be put into production but instead was built strictly for the proving ground and test track.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....
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