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Get old-time hot-rodders together and utter the name "Turbonique." The entire conversation will shift to legends and half-truths of the '60s company supposedly created by NASA subcontractors to create a consumer market for rocket technology. Now there's video. More »
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Turbonique. Just saying the name brings shivers of excitement. Purveyor of all things speed and insane, the now defunct Turbonique is most famous for their Rocket Drag Axle. An absolutely bonkers system which mechanically attached a liquid fuel rocket to a solid axle and dumped an additional 1000 HP to the rear wheels at the touch of a button. This system was so powerful an otherwise unmodified VW Beetle with one walked away from the four engined Showboat in a 1966 race. At the behest of RJ Reynolds heir Zachary Reynolds, this '64 Ford Galaxie 500 was equipped with the Rocket Axle, as well as a boatload of other goodies, and in May the whole thing is set to go to auction.
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Friday, we posted on a company that to culture at large, has been locked in a dusty hallway of speed-equipment history. Thankfully, Iowahawk's on the case and promises even more Turbonique goodness, including the story of the corporation's demise and a chrome-plated, rocket-powered blower to be mounted on a suitably-appropriate project vehicle which has yet to be determined. In the meantime, wielder of bass and WRX, Jonny Loverman, has kicked down a link to glorious Turboniquity of days gone by. More »
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