Posted on May 6th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Tomorrow, Saturday, May 7, the Detroit Public Library will feature Chrysler’s Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit’s Coolest Creation by Steve Lehto with a foreward by Jay Leno as its Michigan Notable Book. The event will be held from 2:00-4:00 PM in the Business, Science & Technology Department of the Detroit Main Library [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca was the last of four inaugural inductees into the Walter P. Chrysler Museum Legacy Circle. At ceremonies last night, Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler’s current CEO, invited Ford CEO Alan Mulally (Iacocca was with Ford before coming to Chrysler) and newly elected UAW president Bob King to join him at the podium [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Lee Iacocca, 85, the former Chrysler CEO famous for bringing the automaker back from the brink of bankruptcy in the 1980s, will be one of four people honored tonight at a gala fundraiser for the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Iacocca, a gifted pitchman who told the American people “If you can [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
One week ago, on June 16th, TV comedian, talk show host and car collector Jay Leno acquired Chrysler Ghia turbine car #991242. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The car was one of three that had been preserved by Chrysler; the other two will remain in the Chrysler collection. Bill Carry, former National Turbine [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2009 • by David Zatz
According to sources close to the deal, Jay Leno has finally successfully purchased one of Chrysler’s three Ghia turbine cars. Car number 42 was said to have been delivered to him this morning. For details on the turbine cars, see Allpar or Turbinecar.com.
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