[modeleng] Re: steam car (OT)
- From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:27:41 +1100
I remember the Falcon - it was featured in Aussie Post at the time. From
memory it had an incredibly short 'steam up' time from cold.
> There is a fellow here in Australia by the name of Ted Pritchard who
> developed practical steam powered vehicles back in the 1960s . The
engines
> were I think unaflow type but the secret was the boiler or furnace it
could
> burn almost any waste fuel. After years of trying to get interest in the
> engine it sent him to the verge of bankruptcy. He had re powered a 1948
Chev
> truck and a 1962 Ford Falcon sedan. The Chev truck is now in storage in a
> museum not far from were I live. Its reported that it could out accelerate
a
> Porsche http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s1142168.htm
> The Falcon was flown to the U.S.in 1970 but failed to attract investor's
> ( I suspect oil was cheap and steam to old fashion)
> I believe he has received some finance to develop a steam generator for
> third world countries that can burn peanut shells and straw as fuel.
> Information on this bloke is hard to find his web site is no longer
> responding http://prsteam.inventdata.com.au/
>
> Lee
>
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