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[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

Battery-powered vehicles made a comeback, why not steam (tell that to Bill Lear)???

I've already considered to build a steam-powered rat-rod, but it's not so practical for a daily-driver.

[gone-ot]

FWIW, Bill Lear (of Lear 8-track and LearJet fame) wanted to build steam-powered busses back in the 1970-80 years.

[user removed]

I think Lear tried to build an Indy Car. The engine I remember looked like a traingle with each leg a pair of opposed pistons working on three crankshafts at the corner where the points of the triangle were.

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Mech

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[shovel]

Well, there's these guys... Cyclone Power Technologies - Cyclone Engine among the various "loony" and unicorn-peddling companies, they seem not loony, and not unrealistic. Cyclone Power Technologies - Gallery

[some_other_dave]

Originally Posted by Old Mechanic

I think Lear tried to build an Indy Car. The engine I remember looked like a traingle with each leg a pair of opposed pistons working on three crankshafts at the corner where the points of the triangle were.

Interesting--it looks kind of like a Napier Deltic engine, at least in general layout and principle.

-soD