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。 * m+ B% @( f6 K, a" ^) ^1 { - y; j" n2 Z; H( h+ D4 j 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。$ x. t7 W2 G) G& B! N
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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。 . ?" m/ K! r- Y: A- e) v$ O" Z( f- p5 k& F
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。 2 d' E% P$ q* h. _! e+ W2 ~" F: E* U, B% x
The three-wheeled car made from wood 3 K& X, X, {; b/ i4 b" @7 w5 M7 \7 S: l7 M- u* t) x/ j8 S
It weighs just 900lb, has a top speed of 101mph -and is made entirely out of wood.$ R# a! L' t7 F8 Y6 J% s5 z
$ }# l y4 k1 \9 k2 K2 U% r; N/ }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'.
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作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-4-28 11:12
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'. " k! ~( D- @( b# P 9 N, Y U% A4 {2 EThe 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." I5 M1 g2 k8 T7 p9 Y
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