The 1930 Burney Streamliner, born from an airship designer's vision, stretched nearly twenty feet, resembling a gigantic, grotesque insect. Its aluminum frame and fabric skin encased a seven-seat cabin, sometimes featuring a cocktail cabinet. This streamlined oddity held a fatal flaw: a heavy eight-cylinder engine hung wholly off the rear axle. Its radical weight bias made the long car notoriously unstable, prone to alarming handling, a beautiful, terrifying pre-war concept.