Talk:Phantom Corsair

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

Referenced
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)

Single Prototype?
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)

"Anachronistic"
... 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correct, in my experience the term is almost always applied to things of persons whose character is old-fashioned and out of date, not to subjects that are futuristic or ahead of their time.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)

type of engine
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)