"The pages of automotive history are filled with accounts of
strange and wondrous machines, each intended to revolutionize, or at least
alter significantly the path of motor car progress.
Some fanciful ideas were promoted by quacks and charlatans
only interested in separating a gullible investor from his money – the Dale
three-wheeler and the Dunbar come to mind. Other brainstorms were earnest
efforts to improve the existing state of the art.
Yet another group of 'would-be' cars is the result of
serious inventors and designers with a pet project for their 'car of tomorrow'.
Into this category falls the Pierce-Arrow II, which barely surfaced in the
mid-sixties, then sank, never to be heard of again.
The main thrust of the group's research and development was toward
a powerplant that would be superior to gasoline internal combustion engines,
diesel or gas turbines. It was to be suitable for portable and stationary
applications, marine use, and even railroad locomotives."
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