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SPACE AGE FANTASY CARS FROM THE '50s
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Michael Rose,   Monday, February 26 2007

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ImageMonths later, Studebaker entered the space race with the "Astral", their take on an atomic powered car for the future.

  

The Astral really didn't have a nuclear power source, but engineers said it was just around the corner. 

  

They also said, nuclear radiation would be no problem.  The Astral would have an emissions guard and to ward of crashes, an energy shield.

 

The Astral and other proposed nuclear powered cars were never produced.  People finally realized that an accident might cause a, Meltdown" on Main Street. All of these cars were over the top but oh so much fun to look at today.

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Studebaker Astral



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