Saw this in the paper today,
It weighs just 900lb, has a top speed of 101mph -and is made entirely out of wood.
It took furniture maker Friend Wood, 46, more than 2000 hours to build his three-wheel, tear-drop shaped car, which he has named 'Tryane II'.
The wooden car has a top speed of 101mph
The two-seater was put together using the chassis and 602cc engine from a Citroen 2CV. Mr Wood then built up layers of African mahogany around a basic mould using a boat-building technique known as 'cold moulding'.
The car is a a three-wheel adaption of the classic four-wheeled 1969 Citroen Diane and is able to do between 55 and 70 miles per gallon.
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Bonded / laminated wood makes an excellent monocoque chassis - Marcos used it for one of their sports cars in the '60/70s and De Havilland used it in WW2 for the Mosquito.
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what a shame when he came to start it
it wooden go
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Last wooden car I heard about was a bit more practical - the Africar.
www.oldwoodies.com/feature-africar.htm
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Last wooden car I heard about ....
and let's not forget the Morgan.
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It's only the ash-framed bodywork on a Morgan that's wood, the chassis is steel.
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It's only the ash-framed bodywork on a Morgan that's wood the chassis is steel.
very tasteful as well
:-ooooooooo
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Wooden it be nice to own this
tinyurl.com/2a5men
;O)
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I hope the seats are made from soft wood.
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What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
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Exactly, we don`t want hard wood in the cockpit.
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