Both cars were perfectly legal to drive on public roads, but the Chrysler, of which 55 were built, felt absolutely ordinary compared to the one-and-only Jet Vette.
While the Chrysler Turbine car was once lent out to ordinary American families to drive for weeks at a time, the Jet Vette was created for the son of a racing team owner as his own personal insanity project. Clearly, Vince Granatelli did not intend to hand the keys to just anyone.
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