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( W+ ^& P9 b# L& {' DIt weighs just 900lb, has a top speed of 101mph -and is made entirely out of wood. 8 }8 q0 c7 o5 g$ S ( S0 b* M' z7 y; U$ E$ ?) j: t; ?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'.5 Q8 _9 d* ]- A/ ^
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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.# J1 H* m, ?5 F+ c1 ?
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