• By Danny Allen
    Oct 2, 2009 6:20 AM 12,850
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    Ford's Nucleon Concept: Twin Steam Turbines and a Nuclear Reactor in the Trunk

    Say what? Back in 1958, Ford designed models of its batmobile-like concept with lead-shielded uranium fission-plant. Fears of nuclear-meltdown meant it never got built, but it lovingly appears in two recent car retrospectives well worth a read. [Jalopnik and LIFE]


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