# Q5 F# V/ k$ U7 c) e N1 b 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 c+ j, W/ P6 a5 C) A- P# z% Z/ h. S1 ^ 7 g- {; q! k: F2 X% Q 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。 / g" ]6 |) F, T: q! z' E i" N! E/ e ?7 h k& i
The three-wheeled car made from wood 0 X, U# ~3 K: E9 E1 P, h: c$ [( W% W
It weighs just 900lb, has a top speed of 101mph -and is made entirely out of wood. . Q; O4 g/ }8 h: p3 O6 e ! b- Q/ ^7 ]; \! ~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'., |8 F. j/ T, j
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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. , K% K: j" I& M: E2 b5 K: O3 L9 I0 B3 C1 y
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