While GM and Ford messed around with unconventional engine architectures and driveline layouts during the 1930s, Chrysler didn’t just sit on its thumbs. Indeed, under project manager Ken Lee, they built a pair of five-cylinder radial-engine front-wheel-drive cars that underwent about 200,000 miles of testing. One even received a well-constructed body designed just for the purpose. I won’t ask where they are now, though, for which reason you’ll discover in the article on the cars from SIA #10, April-May 1972.
