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Introduction / Guidebook Press Release & Construction This is autofare World's Biggest Automobile Show-Go-Round World's Largest Engine Production Line & Parts Zoo Diversified Products Showmen The Chrysler Show-Go-Round Gallery Bill Cotter's autofare Gallery Revised 2.24.07

THIS IS autofare What's autofare? It's a Fair within a Fair! It's Chrysler Corporation's giant exhibition at the New York World's Fair. A unique display set on five islands in a man-made lagoon. Enjoy Chrysler's wonderful "This is autofare" booklet on-line at these pages. The exhibit was designed especially for children, with a puppet show, a giant car, and other exhibits set on islands in a large man-made lake. View the Transportation Area Map Locate It: T8 Various aspects of the automotive world come to life in whimsical animated models. Chairs around the lake encourage visitors to relax and enjoy the Fair. PUPPET SHOW. This 20-minute exercise in musical whimsey was designed by puppeteer Bil Baird. It is continuously performed on a novel revolving stage. WALK-IN ENGINE. Dominating the display is a giant "one-million horsepower" engine through which visitors walk. Its crankshaft is a fearsome dragon with snapping jaws. The real world is represented by a turbine engine and a montage of power plants of the future. AIRBORNE RIDE. Seated in car bodies, visitors travel through the air along a simulated assembly line. Mechanical men wielding huge instruments "check" each auto for imperfections. Nearby is a metallic "zoo" where creatures made of auto parts cavort. AN ANTIC AUTO. Guests walk through a capriciously designed mammoth car to examine its antic accessories and giant components. The description of this exhibit from the 1965 Official Guide Book