) ?9 L* k. l' _ 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。 3 L) K9 m0 w) w* H( p7 w + i% V) J; E" s 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。 : l" d, o; J8 K) `+ t j + b& W# I( M ^2 _: fThe three-wheeled car made from wood 1 W0 T" I. M5 W& O 4 E( A3 O1 ?1 A% Y/ H0 nIt weighs just 900lb, has a top speed of 101mph -and is made entirely out of wood. 1 H3 P1 k* o) c3 H8 t6 r1 V) o& S* O% Y1 W. ^& Y& d# x
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'.3 i6 Y: g& a; w" Z: y
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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.- P0 m! _7 r; s1 \1 D
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