Phantom Corsair
The Phantom Corsair from 1938 was a futuristic automobile in terms of design , technology and luxury , a so-called "Car of Tomorrow".
Rusty Heinz , a member of the " ketchup dynasty" (the Heinz family got rich by selling the ketchup of the same name) was responsible for this vehicle . Due to its early death in a car accident, serial production of this car never started.
Its in the wind tunnel tested aluminum - body was her time to about 50 years ahead and showed for that time an impressively low wind resistance ( c w value ). The car was powered by a 4740 cm³ V8 engine with upright valves , which delivered a gross output of 140 kW (190 hp) and accelerated the vehicle to up to 209 km / h due to its favorable aerodynamics .
The distribution of the seats was also very unusual: with its 1.94 m width, the car was to offer space for four people next to each other - one to the left and two to the right of the driver. In the back there were two smaller emergency seats with their backs facing the direction of travel.
The only one that exists today is in the National Automobile Museum in Reno (Nevada) . The Corsair also played an important role under the name The Flying Wombat in the 1938 film The Young in Heart with Janet Gaynor and Douglas Fairbanks junior, produced by David O. Selznick .
