/ o+ n. }4 z" e+ I7 g ]: Y 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。 M1 S5 f1 ?7 v/ w# z# v
+ a- v" {7 k6 ^9 S4 ]% c3 j1 q3 p 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。 $ y0 K7 ~$ y9 j! g. F5 l * y' A4 C! X8 X! fThe three-wheeled car made from wood * E6 R5 V2 {, _$ ]# y# D1 X# w1 M2 s+ q
It weighs just 900lb, has a top speed of 101mph -and is made entirely out of wood. & U% K0 E4 q q0 p3 i i; z z9 j. i
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'. 6 n; Q# V" q" R, Z& r! I. I |) u2 ~ ' B/ z$ b9 Z8 p5 A0 q3 `" }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. ( H' e5 p: K# R: v" b0 A% Q c- A; q! q. _3 \$ r3 P
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