The Norseman was built by Ghia in Italy, who had a long association with Chrysler that was only terminated when Ford purchased Ghia. Exner had wanted to do rollover tests on the car, but it suffered a much more dramatic fate. Unfortunately the Norseman never made it across the Atlantic. It was shipped on the Italian liner, Andria Doria. That liner collided with a freighter off the coast of Long Island and took the Norseman to the floor of the Atlantic. This must be one of the most bizarre ends for an experimental car.
There's a lot more information and pictures at COVCA.
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Some have made it through. At the Scottsdale Barret-Jackson auction last fall the 50's autorama bus went for over a million. They also sold a 50's era Pontiac concept car for a hefty chunk of change. The reason a lot of them don't surivive is because they aren't a fully functional car, that and with all the corperate spies most companies scrap the working ones.
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