Talk:Phantom Corsair

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Pictures[edit]

This page needs a few photographs ASAP! Catharticflux 16:36, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Referenced[edit]

The Phantom Corsair is referenced in "The World's Worst Cars" by Timothy Jacobs [ISBN 978-0861248742] - rather without justification, though the book seems more focused on automotive oddities than necessarily "worst cars". Sawatts (talk) 11:28, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Single Prototype?[edit]

As mentioned this car featured in The Young in Heart (1938) but if you watch this clip : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpUHvXIXFQY featuring the car appearances there are several, in body at least, in the showroom scene. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.71.127 (talk) 02:54, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Anachronistic"[edit]

... the Corsair is regarded as anachronistic due to its futuristic features....

Although this use of "anachronistic" might be technically correct, in my experience the term is almost always applied to things of persons whose character is old-fashioned and out of date, not to subjects that are futuristic or ahead of their time. Webster's online offers this example: He's an old-fashioned politician who is seen by many of his colleagues as an anachronism.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anachronism?show=0&t=1393083798

Sca (talk) 15:47, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

type of engine[edit]

The footnote raises a question on whether the engine was a V8 or straight-8. Assuming it is correct that the car was based on a Cord 810 chassis and was front wheel drive, it would be a V8 engine, as Lycoming designed their V8 specifically for use with Cord's front wheel drive system. The straight-8 used by Auburn and Deusenberg would not work with the front wheel drive transmission. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:589:102:B920:3C97:5B9B:18D5:F65F (talk) 22:54, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]