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History of 'Big Red'. Big Red was born from a turbine truck war between automotive giants, Ford and General Motors in the late 1940s. Ford won the race after creating the massive red prototype. According to The Drive, the 13-foot-tall, 96-foot-long vehicle had a gross weight of 180,000 pounds. The company unveiled the beast at the 1964.

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Ford's Big Red gas turbine truck debuted at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City, where it appeared right alongside the Ford Mustang. What made it extra special was its turbine engine, which produced 600 horsepower and 955 pound-feet of torque.

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Ford's Big Red lives — parked in a garage April 05, 2021 12:00 AM Share Share Ford created this gas-turbine truck for the 1964 World's Fair. Big Red has been found. To Continue.

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With a 600 horsepower gas turbine engine that could haul not one, but two trailers at the same time, and with amenities like a bathroom and TV, this was supp.

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First seen at the 1964 World's Fair alongside a fun new car called the Mustang, Ford's "Big Red" was the automaker's experimental gas turbine semi-truck, a moonshot experiment built to lift.

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Turbine power was quite the fascination for car companies in the 1960s. Chrysler had its Turbine car, and Ford had Big Red. While a wide array of prototypes.

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2.4K 301K views 7 years ago Unveiled at the 1964 World Fair, "Big Red" was a 96 ft long super-truck powered by an experimental gas turbine engine, designed for the "exciting decade ahead"..

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2 1964 Ford Big Red Gas Turbine Truck (Courtesy of Ford Motor Company) Take a moment and enjoy our picture gallery of the 1964 Ford Big Red Gas Turbine Truck While turbine engines are common in military tanks, helicopters and jet airliners, their use in production automobiles has been quite limited.

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Big Red's grand reveal took place alongside the Ford Mustang at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City, after which Ford schlepped it on a cross-country promo blitz with stops in major.

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1964 Big Red Gas Turbine Truck While turbine engines are common in military tanks, helicopters and jet airliners, their use in production automobiles has been quite limited. Ford did however dedicate approximately two decades of research beginning in the 1950s to making that a possibility.

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The owner of the Ford turbine semi truck dubbed "Big Red" has kept it hidden from public view for decades. Last August, we reported on the ongoing saga of the Ford turbine semi truck known as "Big Red," a giant concept vehicle that debuted alongside the Ford Mustang at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City. Following a short tour around the country, Big Red was rendered irrelevant.

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The Incredible Rediscovery of Ford's 1-of-1 Turbine Semi-Truck History is littered with lost automotive treasures. Cars like the Bugatti 'La Voiture Noire,' despite or because of their value, have sometimes disappeared. Or, as is sometimes the case with concept cars, the spotlight faded, and they were discarded and forgotten.

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Ford's advanced experimental "Big Red" truck represented a massive R&D effort by Ford. A major catalyst for the project was the potential for lucrative military gas turbine engine contracts unrelated to heavy trucks. "Big Red" made its public debut at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair.

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Watch on. For those who don't know, Big Red was an experimental, turbine-powered semi-truck made by Ford in the mid-1960s. It was powered by a 600-horsepower turbine engine, was featured alongside.

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A long-lost experimental turbine-powered Ford semi-truck has been tracked down after more than 40 years. (Ford) Big Red made its debut at the 1964 World's Fair in New York and was one of.