[modeleng] Re: steam car (OT)

I remember reading about Pritchard's work in "Light
Steam Power" back in the late 60's--early 70's and
always wondered why the people in California
especially did not jump on board as much as they are
anti-pollution/anti-emissions bent.

Al Messer
--- Lee Grant <leegrant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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