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  1. 1st September 2014, 07:37 AM #1
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    Graham Vagg's VW steam engine

    Talking about orbital engines in another thread bought back memories of an Engineering Officer at the Apprentice training establishment, HMAS Nirimba, back in the late 60's. He invented a steam engine, which he had hoped to fit as a alternative to a petrol engine in a vehicle. A fascinating man, I always wondered what happened to him & his engine. Bob


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    10. The prototype engine above was used to road test the first Vagg steam car chassis at the RAN apprentices school at HMAS Nirimba, Quakers Hill, NSW, Australia in 1968. This event is still a great bar room topic at Navy engineering reunions


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    Here's Nev. Morris 19th. century steam tricycle. The original is in an Italian museum. Nev built this replica from photographs and drawings supplied by the museum. The first engine was a converted twin cylinder air compressor. This was a nuisance as it had to be turned over manually to a start position and likewise to reverse. So Nev built a proper steam engine for it. It runs along quite nicely. I have driven it. It is good fun.
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    What about Ted Pritchards Steam Powered Ford Falcon

    Imagine how good this would be if it was allowed to be developed, or with modern technology / materials , or even hybridised.

    [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJq2Hc_mXFI[/ame]
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    Or this...

    [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw6NFmcnW-8[/ame]
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    Quote Originally Posted by superquag View Post
    Or this...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw6NFmcnW-8
    But what if you run out of er, steam .
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    Quote Originally Posted by goingbush View Post
    What about Ted Pritchards Steam Powered Ford Falcon

    Imagine how good this would be if it was allowed to be developed, or with modern technology / materials , or even hybridised.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJq2Hc_mXFI
    That's my YouTube upload amazing how many views its had considering my main motivation for the upload was just to show some interesting footage of traffic in Melbourne. It was cut from an Australian story episode about Ted and what an interesting guy he was.
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    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangie View Post
    But what if you run out of er, steam .
    Um... you become all limp and damp.....

    - or deflated...........................
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    Did he use to have a hobby shop near Miranda Fair?
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