"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
06/18/2020 at 10:00 • Filed to: night oppo, Saab, steam, Saab-Scania, carsoftumblr
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"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
06/18/2020 at 10:00 • Filed to: night oppo, Saab, steam, Saab-Scania, carsoftumblr | 1
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Saab Sonnet III (c1970)
the final evolution of Saab’s sports car was powered by a Ford V4 engine but it was also used as a test bed for an experimental steam engine known as project ULF. the 250hp 9 cylinder steam engine required minimal fossil fuel and produced tiny carbon emissions. Saab believed that they had overcome most of the difficulties associated with this type of engine but the project was shelved.
the red test car survived and was auctioned in Stockholm in July 2019.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> pip bip - choose Corrour
06/18/2020 at 10:07 |
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I wonder how long their prototype took to warm up enough to produce power.
Something to ponder another day.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> TheRealBicycleBuck
06/18/2020 at 10:18 |
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If I were them I’d make it plug in like a tea kettle to maintain temperature overnight.
As an added bonus, I bet the car would defrost itself.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/18/2020 at 10:25 |
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You’re thinking too small. The bonus should be coffee, ready and waiting in the car.