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Tough to Crack Car Puzzle #193
Tomorrow we will tell you who the winner is of the six months competition, sponsored by Hans Compter Rare Cars. We thank you all for participating and if you haven’t won, there is good news! Today is the first Puzzle of the new period. So we might just have a new number one next week!
We start with a tricky one. At first sight you may recognize the car, but when you look longer you are going to have doubts. The only hint we will give you is that the engine is not one that you expect, really a fish without water!
We hope you know what it is. Please send us your findings and ideas and do this before Monday evening with a maximum of 100 words and most important, give us your source so we can check!.
Good luck!
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sabato settembre 29th, 2018
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Robbie Marenzi
01 Ottobre 2018, 02:52
The GVANG Steam Car made by Gene Van Grecken of Sydney, Australia in 1972.
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Phil Bruce
01 Ottobre 2018, 02:48
Gvang Steam Car - source encyclopedia of sports cars
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Gerd Klioba
30 Settembre 2018, 22:37
This is the Gvang, a rotary steam engined car built by Gene Van Grecken of Sydney, Australia about 1972. It was built with the attempt to break the 1906 land speed record for steam cars. It has cost $ 300,000 to build and develop. The prototype engine was a 40 hp unit, but it was planned to build a larger 400 hp steam engine. A detuned version for a street legal Gvang was also planned. The car still exists today, but without the running gear.
Sources:
Popular Science, December 1972
http://steamengine.wikia.com/wiki/Gvang_Steam_Car_company
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Sources:
Popular Science, December 1972
http://steamengine.wikia.com/wiki/Gvang_Steam_Car_company
fritz hegemann
30 Settembre 2018, 16:29
Dear postwarclassicians,
find here my solution:
Gvang! Gene VAN Grecken (acronym) developped and built this car together with Bob Britton and Stan Smith in Newport, Australia; introduced at the Sidney Motor Show in 1972. Two-cylinder-steam engine with oscillating pistons (2.9 l, 300-400bhp) between the rear wheels and lots of torque made clutch and gearbox superfluent. Lightweight alloy structure, theoretically reaching 320 km/h - optimistic. The car survived with a Toyota MR2 engine implanted. There is a conspiracy rumour, that Shell -unsuccessful- tried to buy the blueprints. The factory at Newport was destroyed by fire a little later, Gene is said to have gone into hiding.
Best regards from the Nahe Valley!
Fritz
P.S.
Informations from the www:
https://auto-satisfaction.be/2013/09/23/la-gvang-sportive-de-haute-performance-a-vapeur-une-nouveaute-1970/#respond
http://wwwbollyblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/why-gvang-never-ran.html
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find here my solution:
Gvang! Gene VAN Grecken (acronym) developped and built this car together with Bob Britton and Stan Smith in Newport, Australia; introduced at the Sidney Motor Show in 1972. Two-cylinder-steam engine with oscillating pistons (2.9 l, 300-400bhp) between the rear wheels and lots of torque made clutch and gearbox superfluent. Lightweight alloy structure, theoretically reaching 320 km/h - optimistic. The car survived with a Toyota MR2 engine implanted. There is a conspiracy rumour, that Shell -unsuccessful- tried to buy the blueprints. The factory at Newport was destroyed by fire a little later, Gene is said to have gone into hiding.
Best regards from the Nahe Valley!
Fritz
P.S.
Informations from the www:
https://auto-satisfaction.be/2013/09/23/la-gvang-sportive-de-haute-performance-a-vapeur-une-nouveaute-1970/#respond
http://wwwbollyblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/why-gvang-never-ran.html