19. 1956 Chrysler Norseman
Back in the mid-’50s, Detroit was all about crazy concept cars. Marketing experts realized that over-the-top concept cars drew attention at car shows and helped them sell regular models better. So The Big Three – GM, Chrysler, and Ford – jumped at the opportunity to create insane cars for the car show circuit. One of those models was the famed Chrysler Norseman. The Norseman was an elegant fastback based on the 1956 Chrysler platform with a 331 V8 Hemi engine. The most notable features were the lack of a B-pillar and a sloping roofline. Chrysler stylists created the car, but Italian styling house, Ghia made the complicated roof construction that required precision work by hand.

After completion of the car, they loaded the Norseman to ships and sailed to America. However, just before the SS Andrea Doria reached New York harbor, it collided with another ship and sunk some 60 miles from the U.S. shore. The Chrysler Norseman was trapped in a container below the deck and sunk with the ship. Although the SS Andrea Doria lies just 50 meters below the ocean surface, nobody has managed to pull the car from the ship’s hull. After more than 60 years, it is possible there isn’t anything to pull to the shore. The saltwater corrosion could have claimed most of the body, so the only thing that may be left could be the engine block.