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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4756 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
It would appear to be a fibre re-inforced bakelite car.
Quote: | Lowell E. Overly, claims it was "…soybean fiber in a phenolic resin with formaldehyde used in the impregnation" (Davis, 51). |
From Wiki
Quote: | Bakelite (/ˈbeɪkəlaɪt/ BAY-kə-lyte; sometimes spelled Baekelite) or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride was the first plastic made from synthetic components. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. |
_________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Penman. I first saw this on a YT Video and there are various articles about the car. Certainly Henry Ford "stretched the truth" in the video of him hitting the car with a hammer. I think that the prototype was destroyed so the composite could not be examined. What the people could not foresee was the internet. |
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 1774 Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: Henry Ford's Soybean Car 1941. Dearborn |
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No Peter, that's a standard Ford V8 of the period. _________________ in the garage: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
Recently departed: 1953 Lancia Appia, 1931 Austin Seven, 1967 Singer Chamois, 1914 Saxon, 1930 Morris Cowley, 1936 BSA Scout, 1958 Lancia Appia coupe, 1922 Star 11.9 ... the list goes on! |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: Henry Ford's Soybean Car 1941. Dearborn |
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mikeC wrote: |
No Peter, that's a standard Ford V8 of the period. |
It wouldn't have been underpowered then... |
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