In a message dated 10/15/05 12:22:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
joyseydevil@comcast.net writes:
This week's Old Cars Weekly had a picture of the Stanley Brothers 1906/7 Dewar
Trophy "lakester" . With the skinny tires and the 3 foot wide <====> shaped
body it looks as slippery as any modern lakester . The frontal area was 9 sq
ft. including the tires . 1300 psi steam pressure . Nothing timid about those
guys . It broke in pieces after a 150 mph crash . Maybe that's why we've
stopped using wooden chassis .
That body was one of the first tested in a wind tunnel, .... well sort of.
The brothers would hand carve models then go up on the roof of the factory on a
windy day line them up and see which one didn't move, then built it full
scale. Bob in connecticut.. with over 24 Stanley Steamers within an hours drive
of
my place.
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