And Now

And Now.................................Wot

Back in the 60's when fuel twaz plentiful n U didnt have to worry about costs
the rush twaz on to produce a Gas Turbine truck












WotSayU

cya


[ch9787]

Smore!!!!


I hear U don't ask

LOL
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A 1960s gas turbine-powered Turbostar truck.




Cya

[ch9787]

they probably would of had the fuel consumption of a V8 acco ... maybe thats why they didnt catch on [smiley=thumbdown.gif]

I wonder what they sounded like?

The exhaust stacks look impressive, but would probably make that load of hay bales catch on fire!

They could have spent a few more dollars on the mirrors too

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G'day all , I just googled " gas turbine trucks" to see if there was any details on their performance. It said the Ford truck had a 600 HP engine and in a demo run across the US it averaged 2.9 mpg ! .
There was more details on a website called ' biglorryblog' and said that even Leyland built one.
They also said there is a new turbine engine under development called a " detonation cycle turbine engine " they provided a youtube link so you could see and hear it running.
You will notice the operator puts earmuffs on first , the sound, er, noise this thing makes, I think I would rather go deaf listening to my 6V53 at full noise than that thing
regards Harleigh

im happy sitting on the seat of my little dozer and listing to the sound of the "mighty" (mighty as in mighty noisey) 371 . . . i know in the 60s rover almost put gas turbine engines into production in their cars

G'day again , I don't mean to divert people away from the HCVC website, but that BigLorryblog, website has some interesting , though mainly European / UK stuff on it.
I noticed Atkipete and Huppypuppy have both contributed to it .
And Now back to And Now !
Harleigh

Bit more dug up on the hard drive


























Cya

[ch9787]

Hey JD, and if you look a bit more in Biglorryblog you will see a certian GREY GHOST . Dave

G'day again , I don't mean to divert people away from the HCVC website, but that BigLorryblog, website has some interesting , though mainly European / UK stuff on it.
I noticed Atkipete and Huppypuppy have both contributed to it .
And Now back to And Now !
Harleigh

Harleigh,

I could say you looked at it - isn't it time ya contributed???

Joe