Wood anyone on here know??
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Does anybody know what vehicle and what part of the vehicle has a major engine component made of wood!!!!!!
It's a popular car of the 70's and 80's, now a collectors item and does work (so no toy suggestions), apparently made by a german company and the make of the car in question is still a big contender to the car company?
I'm baffled!!
It's a popular car of the 70's and 80's, now a collectors item and does work (so no toy suggestions), apparently made by a german company and the make of the car in question is still a big contender to the car company?
I'm baffled!!
Any Beetle owners out there!!!!!!
Yes it is a little known vehicle that was produced in the early 1960's by the Bavarian Mahogany Werken from a small sawmill on the outskirts of Munich. The car was officially called the 460T but, for obvious reasons was nicknamed the "Chippendale" and this is the name that stuck (like "beetle" I guess, although you obviously wouldn't want those near your Chippendale). The mahogany was actually imported from the West Indies and allowed to season for no fewer than ten years before being used in the construction of the frame and also the cylinder heads and pistons for the car. The Chief Engineer for the project, Herr Berndt Pfishtrousers, had reasoned that the strength and durability of the mahogany would be a major asset and the fact that maintenance consisted merely of a weekly rub with beeswax would appeal to the conservative and thrifty German public. Unfortunately the project was short lived as the mahogany proved to be highly combustible when placed in close proximity to petroleum spirit.
The only surviving example of the vehicle can be found in the Deutche Museum in Munich although details and photographs can be seen in Thomas Sheraton's excellent 1970's book "Wood and Woodmen".
The only surviving example of the vehicle can be found in the Deutche Museum in Munich although details and photographs can be seen in Thomas Sheraton's excellent 1970's book "Wood and Woodmen".
The old Morgan chestnut of the wooden chassis.....DOH!!
Steel ladder chassis with belgium ash skeleton wooden frame that passenger area body panels are mounted on.
Still being made like this today & has suprisingly excellent absorbtion properties in a crash.
The late '60s marcos was the Brit car with the wooden chassis.
But the German car!!....intrigued ...
Steel ladder chassis with belgium ash skeleton wooden frame that passenger area body panels are mounted on.
Still being made like this today & has suprisingly excellent absorbtion properties in a crash.
The late '60s marcos was the Brit car with the wooden chassis.
But the German car!!....intrigued ...
Something to do with the NSU Ro80 perhaps????
Is that what the rotor seals were made of? No wonder the warranty claims cost them
(it's not the parts sir, it's the labour - the sandpapers not cheap, getting the splinters out of Fred's hand, etc,etc....)
Didn't NSU become part of Audi??
Or should I just shut up now!!
Chris
Is that what the rotor seals were made of? No wonder the warranty claims cost them
(it's not the parts sir, it's the labour - the sandpapers not cheap, getting the splinters out of Fred's hand, etc,etc....)
Didn't NSU become part of Audi??
Or should I just shut up now!!
Chris
chris.mapey said:
Didn't NSU become part of Audi??
Or should I just shut up now!!
Chris
Yes...
They did become part of Audi, but forward thinking as they later became, they swept the ill-fated wankle under the carpet so far that it popped out the other side somewhere in Japan.
I heard the rotor tips were carbide, but the block was susceptable to gouging/chissling, hence the high cost of repairs, being whittled down from pine stumps as it was.
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