Firebird III GMs Turbine Powered Wonder

Firebird III was an experimental car that GM hoped would “startle even Buck Rogers.“ It was one of the jet age inspired Dream Cars that were conjured up in GM’s Design staff under the direction of legendary designer, Harley Earl. It was the third Firebird and it looked at a future without steering wheels and a bubble toped canopy right out of -- well a fighter jet. It’s fins were also in keeping with Earl’s aviation fixation. At the GM Arizona Proving Ground, the car goes on auto pilot and d
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