[国际新闻] 英国家具商弗雷德·伍德造三轮木头汽车

由于不满一辆辆锈迹斑斑的报废汽车污染环境,英国家具制造商弗雷德·伍德想出一个妙招——手工打造世界上第一辆“永不生锈”的“木头汽车”。据悉,伍德为造双座位、三轮汽车共花去了2000多个小时,它重408公斤,体长4.14米,最高时速达163公里。
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  据报道,现年46岁的弗雷德·伍德来自英国威尔士彭布鲁克郡,是名家具制造商。眼瞅着一辆辆锈迹斑斑的破旧汽车报废后,无情破坏和污染着生态环境,伍德闪出这样一个念头,为何不用木头替代钢铁,手工打造一辆车身全部为木质的“木头汽车”呢?于是他从一辆旧“雪铁龙”2CV型汽车上拆下底盘和发动机,开始利用造船技术自己动手制造汽车。! o) H4 ^0 v: Q2 [' S0 U4 E1 O

  L0 V$ m% T( X' J8 l  伍德依据空气动力学原理,精心设计了一个线条流畅的全木车身。随后他又从家具市场上淘来上好的非洲桃花心木,造出一个厚度为6毫米的木质车身。最后,他为爱车涂上清漆,并起了“特亚尼二世”的名字。人在德国 社区* @2 z* o# k' ~7 J

- x8 e- H$ a3 y0 }  Z6 k0 ]  与传统汽车相比,它除了车身不是钢制的以外,总共只有三个车轮。它重408公斤,体长4.14米,最高时速达163公里。伍德的这辆新车被视为“绿色汽车”,一经问世,便深得国际环保人士的好评。

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The three-wheeled car made from woodrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' V# o/ t+ z0 z. [* V! c0 K
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It weighs just 900lb, has a top speed of 101mph -and is made entirely out of wood.人在德国 社区4 r9 C6 W& Z/ t/ G/ W4 v1 G

/ w: i; t1 d& @8 h8 q) Xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deIt 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'.

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The wooden car has a top speed of 101mph

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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'.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 ~2 [- z( F- N* r1 b! A

( ]: F' {9 u+ R  a2 F9 d人在德国 社区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.5 M4 t7 B/ v8 ^/ s  n/ C( g. |

, \' X; q* w" W9 m+ A3 G2 K[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-5-1 09:45 编辑 ]

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The Tryane II is built from layers of African mahogany

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木制三轮汽车。

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