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With a 600 horsepower gas turbine engine that could haul not one, but two trailers at the same time, and with amenities like a bathroom and TV, this was supp.
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1964 Big Red Gas Turbine Truck While turbine engines are common in military tanks, helicopters and jet airliners, their use in production automobiles has been quite limited. Ford did however dedicate approximately two decades of research beginning in the 1950s to making that a possibility.
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2.4K 301K views 7 years ago Unveiled at the 1964 World Fair, "Big Red" was a 96 ft long super-truck powered by an experimental gas turbine engine, designed for the "exciting decade ahead"..
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Big Red's grand reveal took place alongside the Ford Mustang at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City, after which Ford schlepped it on a cross-country promo blitz with stops in major.
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The Big Red concept truck was designed and engineered by Ford Motor Company's Scientific Research Laboratory and styling team during the early 1960s. The 96-foot truck project was put together by Roy Lunn. The truck was launched on August 28, 1964 around the same time that the Ford Mustang was also being introduced to the public.
Red and Gold 1964 Ford F100 Truck Packs BigBlock Muscle, Sounds Menacing autoevolution
A long-lost experimental turbine-powered Ford semi-truck has been tracked down after more than 40 years. (Ford) Big Red made its debut at the 1964 World's Fair in New York and was one of.
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Ford's Big Red lives — parked in a garage April 05, 2021 12:00 AM Share Share Ford created this gas-turbine truck for the 1964 World's Fair. Big Red has been found. To Continue.
1964 Ford Big Red Gas Turbine Truck Journal
Turbine power was quite the fascination for car companies in the 1960s. Chrysler had its Turbine car, and Ford had Big Red. While a wide array of prototypes.
Ford Big Red Gas Turbine 1964 Concept Semi Truck 3D Model by DriverUA
It's Ford's 1964 "Big Red" Turbine truck - a truck with a turbine engine in it. The super transport prototype, built in '64, was recently found more than thirty years after it's last.
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History of 'Big Red'. Big Red was born from a turbine truck war between automotive giants, Ford and General Motors in the late 1940s. Ford won the race after creating the massive red prototype. According to The Drive, the 13-foot-tall, 96-foot-long vehicle had a gross weight of 180,000 pounds. The company unveiled the beast at the 1964.
1964 Ford Big Red Gas Turbine Truck Journal
Ford's Big Red gas turbine truck debuted at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City, where it appeared right alongside the Ford Mustang. What made it extra special was its turbine engine, which produced 600 horsepower and 955 pound-feet of torque.
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Ford's advanced experimental "Big Red" truck represented a massive R&D effort by Ford. A major catalyst for the project was the potential for lucrative military gas turbine engine contracts unrelated to heavy trucks. "Big Red" made its public debut at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair.
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By Alex Oagana Published Mar 18, 2021 How cans something so big just vanish from the public eye? With a 600 horsepower gas turbine engine that could haul not one, but two trailers at the same.
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Ford TurbinePowered SemiTruck 'Big Red' 1964
Watch on. For those who don't know, Big Red was an experimental, turbine-powered semi-truck made by Ford in the mid-1960s. It was powered by a 600-horsepower turbine engine, was featured alongside.
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The Incredible Rediscovery of Ford's 1-of-1 Turbine Semi-Truck History is littered with lost automotive treasures. Cars like the Bugatti 'La Voiture Noire,' despite or because of their value, have sometimes disappeared. Or, as is sometimes the case with concept cars, the spotlight faded, and they were discarded and forgotten.
