Ford Nucleon

The Ford Nucleon was a nuclear-powered concept car developed by Ford Motor Company in 1958. The car did not have an internal-combustion engine, rather, it was powered by a small nuclear reactor in the trunk of the car. The nuclear reactor used fuel that could be swapped out, and one load of nuclear fuel could purportedly power the car for 5000 miles. The car was never built and never went into production, but it remains an icon of the Atomic Age in the 1950s.

3/8/2006 8:50:12 PM

I would pay $texas for one of those

3/8/2006 9:55:22 PM

Quote :

"The nuclear reactor in the back of the modified De Lorean sports car used in the movie Back to the Future bears at least a passing resemblance to one in the Nucleon."

3/8/2006 10:05:06 PM

yay wiki!

3/8/2006 10:07:21 PM

that thing got a hemi?

3/8/2006 11:16:57 PM

gay

3/9/2006 1:42:53 AM

88 mother fucking mph

3/9/2006 1:51:14 AM

^^you fucking homophobe. how is this in any form of the word, gay?

3/9/2006 2:10:18 AM

nuclear powered cars are the epitome of manly.


whats your car powered by?
gas... pussy
diesel... meh
nuclear... damn son

3/9/2006 2:12:26 AM

hhaha ford nucleon = understeeeeeeeeer

3/9/2006 7:56:52 AM

if i ever get a nuclear car, it better have to NEVER have to refuel.

3/9/2006 8:21:00 AM

Quote :

"nuclear reactor in the trunk of the car."

3/9/2006 8:36:29 AM

Fender bender = Nuclear fallout

3/9/2006 9:34:58 AM

nucular.

its nuke-you-ler

3/9/2006 9:45:22 AM

It's not just an oil leak.

It's a fucking reactor meltdown

3/9/2006 1:07:17 PM

/old

3/9/2006 1:14:48 PM

wonder why they never made it

3/9/2006 1:43:09 PM

Taliban dirty bomb taxi

3/9/2006 9:20:57 PM

How exactly did they convert the nuclear energy to mechanical energy... nuclear power plants do it by steam->turbine-> electricity.

This thing would have had to have either an electric or steam engine, or used a nuclear power source like in the early space-probes (I think they used the decaying neutrons colliding with some material to generate electricity).

3/9/2006 9:32:55 PM

you wouldnt have to put rims on something that ugly

3/9/2006 9:35:18 PM

electric, dun

3/10/2006 3:01:53 AM

Quote :

"if i ever get a nuclear car, it better have to NEVER have to refuel."

huh? nuclear doesn't mean forever. ever heard of the spent fuel rod's from nuclear power plants?

Hell, look at nuclear navy ships. The fuel in them only lasts for about 25 years, and that contains a lot more "fuel"

[Edited on March 10, 2006 at 10:21 AM. Reason : ]

3/10/2006 10:20:43 AM

thats what i meant. that thing better come with tnough rods to last for a couple decades, cause i surely wouldnt feel very safe swappin out fuckin weapons grade plutonium out of the trunk of my goddamn daily dirver. btw coolant leek on these things would be disasterous

3/10/2006 1:04:42 PM

i seriously doubt it is something you would do yourself. you would have to take it somewhere to get it done

3/10/2006 1:26:18 PM