Jay Leno doesn't have any tractors in his garage

A few weeks ago, someone brought up the subject of Chrysler’s 1963 “Turbine Car”, and I stumbled on a 25 minute video of the car at Jay Leno’s garage. The video actually contains actual Chrysler footage explaining car, which if I heard correct, there were only about 55 of them ever produced, and Chrysler rounded them up to destroy them to keep themselves out of trouble. However, the one that Jay Leno owns, he recently got from Chrysler, although I didn’t hear the explanation of how that happened. The car ran on just about anything that burned, and in the vintage 1963 video included, Chrysler even mentioned "unleaded" gasoline. Unleaded gasoline in 1963? Where? The car had a “regenerator” to diffuse the heat so that it didn’t burn the paint off of the car behind it or start any fires. It actually ran cooler than an internal combustion engine. This video has the car running and Jay driving it. If you can spare 25 minutes, the innovations will get and keep your attention, because once it does, its hard to put down. Enjoy the fact that Jay Leno’s garage doesn’t have any tractors…

Mark
Jay Lenos 1963 Chrysler turbine car, not turbine tractor

My brother met Jay Leno at a motorcycle show several years ago...got a picture with him. Ive always heard he has quite a collection.

He does have a steam engine, does that count?

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(quoted from post at 03:21:09 03/03/14) A few weeks ago, someone brought up the subject of Chrysler’s 1963 “Turbine Car”, and I stumbled on a 25 minute video of the car at Jay Leno’s garage. The video actually contains actual Chrysler footage explaining car, which if I heard correct, there were only about 55 of them ever produced, and Chrysler rounded them up to destroy them to keep themselves out of trouble. However, the one that Jay Leno owns, he recently got from Chrysler, although I didn’t hear the explanation of how that happened. The car ran on just about anything that burned, and in the vintage 1963 video included, Chrysler even mentioned "unleaded" gasoline. [b:ae96fb7fbc] Unleaded gasoline in 1963? Where? [/b:ae96fb7fbc]The car had a “regenerator” to diffuse the heat so that it didn’t burn the paint off of the car behind it or start any fires. It actually ran cooler than an internal combustion engine. This video has the car running and Jay driving it. If you can spare 25 minutes, the innovations will get and keep your attention, because once it does, its hard to put down. Enjoy the fact that Jay Leno’s garage doesn’t have any tractors…

Mark
Jay Lenos 1963 Chrysler turbine car, not turbine tractor

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Amoco had unleaded gasoline since 1932.

Mark, Thank you very interesting.

Jay Leno did have a New Holland compact diesel. I don't kno if he still has it or not, but he did have one.

http://agriculture.newholland.com/u...tage-at-Renowned-Barrett-Jackson-Auction.aspx

Thanks for the link.

The reason most of the car bodies were destroyed, not the engines and transmissions, was to save on paying high import taxes on the car bodies as they were made overseas.

As JDB stated earlier, Jay does have at least one steam traction engine. Advance Steam Traction Engine, built in Battle Creek, Michigan. It is a monster. He has a 12 min. video on it, it's worth watching. I would like to know just how much money Jay Leno has invested in "collectibles". He not only collects automobiles, etc. but just about any kind of antique power. From steam engines used to power factories, to gasoline and diesel stationary power plants. Too bad there aren't more like him. He doesn't do it just for show, he really has a love for old power. I could spend hours watching his videos. I just watched one on a Lamborghini tractor, and the one on a 1966 Ford Galaxy blew me away! Jay is not only antique collector, he is quite the hot rodder as well.

I know that the 87 octane Avgas was no lead.

When I owned a '46 Cessna 140 that used 87, there were times when an airport didn't have 87 and I had to use 100LL.

That old C-95 didn't like 100LL at all, and if I used it too long it would lead foul the plugs.

I remember buying "white gas" for coleman lanterns that was just unleaded wasn't it?

Jay Leno just seems like one of us. We all know that he is a multi millionaire, but he seems like one of the boys. Dressed in his denim pants and shirts, he is passionate about cars and loves to show them to us without charge. Anybody else would have a dvd of their collection which you would have to buy in order see. I never understood how much NBC resented Jay till after he left the show this last time. NBC billed the Tonight show "with" Jay Leno. Now, it is the Tonight Show "starring" Jimmy Fallen.
Here is a clip of Jay with Randy Grubb and the "pizzed off Pete". Not one in Jay's collection, but one I think you all will enjoy. Thanks to Jay for the time and expense to share these vids of his collection and passion with us.
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He has a Lamborghini R485 tractor
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I guess after watching the video it really isn't his. But he does have a 1906 Advance traction engine.

They interviewed jay a couple weeks before he left at his garage.There were a couple tractors in the background,one looked like a restored JD model D.

Can you imagine the tractor Jay would have if he were a farm boy?

I can remember hearing about "white gas" when I was a kid. Thinking it may have been available at marinas, as in some outboards required white gas/oil mix?

Don't remember using it in a boat motor but my dad would buy it for the Coleman equipment, cheaper than Coleman fuel.

he also has one of the first steam powered cars.

Not to go off track here but didn't the brand American Petroleum Stations sell unleaded gas in the sixties?

I really don't understand the fascination with a technology that failed in a wheel vehicle application but lets not forget that during the same time frame that Chrysler was playing with the turbine in cars other companies with playing with that concept in trucks and tractors. The only successful vehicle with a turbine engine I know of is a tank. When the Army got the M1 we went from a tank that held 310 gallons of fuel and had a 375 mile cruising range to a tank that held at tad over 500 gallons and had a cruising range of about 300 miles. Darn things burnt almost as much fuel at idle as it did WOT.

Rick

My recollection is that Chrysler dropped the turbine car after they found that fuel economy was terrible. Don't remember the exact figures. Cheysler's claim to begin with was that, yes, fuel economy was bad, but the fuel used was cheaper. The math didn't work out.

KEH

I saw one up real close once. Our company president got to use the one his neighbor got from Chrysler. He was on his way into work at LaGuardia and saw that he wouldn't have enough fuel to make it in to where we had plenty of jet fuel, so he stopped at a hardware store and bought some kerosene. When he parked it he showed it to us quite proudly and exclaimed: "After driving this car, you guys can have anything you want". (we were negotiating a new contract at the time) He was quite wealthy having married a Ferris girl. The Ferris wheel. That Ferris. Graduated from Yale with Juan T Trippe, hobnobbed around the White House when FDR was there. Served as the European head of the "Point Four" program, etc. But evidently, he still didn't have enough clout to get one of those cars from Chrysler. He had to borrow one from a neighbor.

was unleaded gas called "white" gas and was used in things like heaters and camp stoves.

One of Chrysler's sales points was the great fuel mileage it got. Sure, once you get 72+ tons rolling on level ground, and keep it rolling in high gear with the torque converter locked up. Who drives a tank that way except for once in a while? Most of the time they're moving a lot slower and burning so much fuel that it becomes a serious logistical issue.

The change to "starring" was Jimmy's desire. It is the way it used to be titled long ago. I could care less but did read this a while back.

(quoted from post at 08:52:23 03/03/14) One of Chrysler's sales points was the great fuel mileage it got. Sure, once you get 72+ tons rolling on level ground, and keep it rolling in high gear with the torque converter locked up. Who drives a tank that way except for once in a while? Most of the time they're moving a lot slower and burning so much fuel that it becomes a serious logistical issue.

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Bill, tell me about it. We went from a tank that if needed could be fueled once every other day to one we had to fill every day. And we darn sure were not putting anywhere near 500 miles a day on em. But with just regular maneuvers we would easily burn 300-350 gallons between moving and keeping the batteries charged. When training for defense we would still burn 150 gallons a day. Guys keep in mind at tank Battalion has 58 tanks. That's a lot of fuel. When we first got the M1's my unit did a 20 day exercise. S4 (supply) didn't realize just how much fuel we would burn and allocated the same amount of fuel we used in the M60A1's (M60 series tank used a V12, air cooled Continental 1970 CI diesel that made 750 shaft HP) . 10 days into the exercise we were out of fuel. Luck for us near by AF fuel storage tanks had contaminated fuel that the AF was looking at having to pay to get rid of. They gave the fuel to us after testing to be sure it wouldn't damage the tanks, so they could clean the tanks and use them again. But with JP4 we couldn't use the smoke generators.

Rick

We had a Solar(IH) turbine standby generator where I used to work and when running it used fuel at an amazing rate. I don't remember the kw but it had to be at 95% of max rpm before you could switch a load on it. It was fed by an underground storage tank to a "300 gallon day tank" and I think that is how much it could use in 24 hrs.

(quoted from post at 06:29:37 03/03/14) I remember buying "white gas" for coleman lanterns that was just unleaded wasn't it?

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coleman fuel is naptha not quite the same as unleaded gas.

Yes he does. He has an Advance steam traction engine.
Jay Lenos Garage Advance Steam Traction Engine

In the '50s, white (unleaded) gas availability in some areas was about like leaded, non ethanol is today; you had to look hard to find it. It was used in plumber's and tinner's torches, among others.

I understand Jay is looking for an Essex Tri-Directional in restorable condition.

Cool. I stand corrected, and thanks for making this an official post about tractors. At some point, Advanced Steam merged with Rumely. One bought the other out. A few months ago, I had the opportnity to pickup a Rumely L, but there was a fella at the auction that just was not going to be outdone on the bidding. Good for him. He even brought a tape measure along to measure from the top of the canopy to the ground to figure out how much of the struts he was going to have to cut out to fit it into his garage. Hey, it was his money though. LOUD tractors. Fire one up, and you will need ear plugs. Was a beautiful tractor. Low compression on one of the cylinders, but I had planned to use it in parades and that it could have done.

Thanks for the post. Would love to have a steamer as well as an Oil Pull.

Mark

I recall seeing a video of Jay driving one of those new 8N look-alikes (can't remember its name). I was under the impression it was his tractor.

Speaking of M1s, I was stationed at Ft. Hood when they and the Bradley were just starting to replace the M60A3 and the M113 APC. At that same time, the Dodge M880s were being replaced by Chevy CUCV pickups, and Blazers were replacing the M151 Jeeps. Ft. Hood was broken down into dour zones, A, B, C, and D. Artillary used to either practice from firing live rounds from A to C, or B to D. I forget, and the other two zones were used for other things like radio communication shots, and whatever else. So another guy and myself decided to take one of the M151 Jeeps out and just trash it because it was just about to be retired and cutting torched into scrap. And besides, since they had four wheel independent suspension, it was rumored that if one lifted off the ground high enough, the tires would fold under it. OK, we wanted to find out about that too. So there we were like Rat Patrol out there on a range hitting the desert like racing the BAHA. I don't remember which of us was driving, but we were out in an active range with live artillary, but on the firing end, not recieving end. I remember looking to my left and right an had two M1s running parallel to us on both sides a hundred or so feet away, with their gun turrets trained right on us. We were looking down the barrels of I forget, 105mm? I'm sure they were bigger than 70mm. I think they 105s. Anyway, those M1s kept right up with us, and their turrets didn't move up or down much, and neither did their guns. They were just playing with us, and I'm certain were using us to do some testing of their chassis as well. They were brand new, and without knowing it, we unwittingly became their guinea pigs. We kept it up a little bit, hit the brakes, waved off and got out of there and limped back to garrison with something in the running gear broken, and no the tires didn't fold under it like we heard would happen because we got airborne a few times, which is how we broke whatever we broke. One less piece for a torch to cut in two. And there was the time when we did similar and had a Cobra doing similar, but just over the tree tops. In that case though, pictures got sent back to our Battalion Commnader that then worked their way down to us. We didn't get into any real trouble though. Our NCOIC pulled us off to the side and suggested that we cool it, so to speak.

Back in the good old days. Grin.

Mark

It was my understanding that "white gas" was actually naptha. Although down through the years, Amoco advertised their premium fuel was clear and unleaded.

I remember back about 1968 or 1969 Standard Oil was running commercials about it. As I recall, they encouraged people to register to win either a brand new Olds Cutlass 442 or a Buick GS, with a 455 which ever it was.

Mark

I remember white gas back in the early 1960's, but didn't know that it was unleaded gas. Might have been. One of my uncles kept it around to put into the cyclinder of one of his mowers to make it easier starting. Those were back in the day of Sinclair the dinosaur down at the Sinclair station. Somehow, life seemed easier back then.

Mark

Ahh, another farm tractor down at Jay Leno's Garage. Looks like a David Bradley 885 to me.

Mark