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。! h# f- o: E# X% }9 r2 X
6 m' |" t. ?6 q& a/ W 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。 ! H, J: X: z& \4 n- D p/ D5 |! x# m; O A; `1 X$ w, ~" R; p
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。 , ~/ n5 `# K* C, _ , o t) J) S3 k 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。' h7 F/ S ~ x2 ~7 h5 F ?
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The three-wheeled car made from wood Y, _% r( b5 `3 ]% D8 J; `% [% Y" M, c: q
It weighs just 900lb, has a top speed of 101mph -and is made entirely out of wood. + H' \- @% x6 Q& Y/ E' `7 \/ N$ `: k5 k' H+ v7 T) f
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'., s$ E, n) n; [5 A- k+ K) l
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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. 0 Y" H$ n# [5 f3 o/ v \3 B' P7 v( H: J& g6 ^) x
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