~0 S0 z ~" U# u% ^$ A 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。1 V5 m- t9 c% a/ H4 A
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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。7 q; T9 W$ t8 X7 {/ d4 T
Q+ l; p% J4 X$ k: r- GThe three-wheeled car made from wood9 P3 n' B! u9 \% m( `2 p1 }7 w
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It weighs just 900lb, has a top speed of 101mph -and is made entirely out of wood.$ s" t% U9 k4 c% c0 M8 @* V
d% i8 P! A) [% z+ P5 aIt 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'. : x& D1 r! D7 ^4 G% w( ]8 N/ h, J5 a/ D- u! F5 |
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. ' G* g4 i/ y$ v1 A& P1 A / B; j" U7 A1 f[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-5-1 09:45 编辑 ]
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