DX photo card featuring the General Motors Firebird III, from a promotional campaign by the Sunray DX Oil Company.
Debuted at the 1959 General Motors Motorama, the Firebird III concept car had a wildly futuristic look with a fiberglass body, seven short wings, and tailfins. It was not intended for production but rather to showcase the extremes in technology and design that the company could achieve. It was powered by a 225 horsepower Whirlfire GT-305 gas turbine engine, along with a smaller two-cylinder, 10 horsepower gasoline engine to run the accessories.
The Firebird III influenced the design of General Motors production vehicles, such as the 1959 Cadillac, which featured some of the Firebird III’s surface development and styling elements.
[Sources: Bing Copilot, Wikipedia and Heritage Collection at GM.com]
DX photo card featuring the General Motors Firebird III, from a promotional campaign by the Sunray DX Oil Company.
Debuted at the 1959 General Motors Motorama, the Firebird III concept car had a wildly futuristic look with a fiberglass body, seven short wings, and tailfins. It was not intended for production but rather to showcase the extremes in technology and design that the company could achieve. It was powered by a 225 horsepower Whirlfire GT-305 gas turbine engine, along with a smaller two-cylinder, 10 horsepower gasoline engine to run the accessories.
The Firebird III influenced the design of General Motors production vehicles, such as the 1959 Cadillac, which featured some of the Firebird III’s surface development and styling elements.
[Sources: Bing Copilot, Wikipedia and Heritage Collection at GM.com]