The three-wheeled car made from wood....

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Fri 27 Apr 2007 13:20
The three-wheeled car made from wood.... - Chris White
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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Fri 27 Apr 2007 13:41
The three-wheeled car made from wood.... - Ruperts Trooper
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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Fri 27 Apr 2007 13:51
The three-wheeled car made from wood.... - bell boy
what a shame when he came to start it
it wooden go
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Fri 27 Apr 2007 13:54
The three-wheeled car made from wood.... - IanJohnson
Last wooden car I heard about was a bit more practical - the Africar.

www.oldwoodies.com/feature-africar.htm
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Fri 27 Apr 2007 14:39
The three-wheeled car made from wood.... - Dynamic Dave
Last wooden car I heard about ....


and let's not forget the Morgan.
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Fri 27 Apr 2007 15:46
The three-wheeled car made from wood.... - Ruperts Trooper
It's only the ash-framed bodywork on a Morgan that's wood, the chassis is steel.
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Fri 27 Apr 2007 16:15
The three-wheeled car made from wood.... - bell boy
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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Fri 27 Apr 2007 18:37
The three-wheeled car made from wood.... - George Porge
Wooden it be nice to own this

tinyurl.com/2a5men

;O)
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Fri 27 Apr 2007 18:50
The three-wheeled car made from wood.... - Stuartli
I hope the seats are made from soft wood.


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Sat 28 Apr 2007 19:10
The three-wheeled car made from wood.... - oilrag
Exactly, we don`t want hard wood in the cockpit.
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