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[kenpepke at juno.com]

Is  there anybody old enough to remember the "Turbonique" direct drive  engine. It used 
a  small gas turbine, as I recall, to direct drive  the rear wheels.
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As I recall they made a couple of models.  One was a power plant that replaced the 
rear axle differential; the other was a booster that attached to the back of the differential 
and ran the ring gear.

They were more of a rocket than an engine in as much as they burned a monopropellant
that, if memory serves me, was called 'thermoline' and required no air supply for 
combustion.  They made so much power there would be no need to have the Corvair
engine.  You would not be too happy with the monthly fuel bills.

Ken Pepke