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SOLVED: WTH # 456 - 1982 AMC VAM Lerma Mod I Stirling engine test bed
« on: February 21, 2016, 05:44:10 PM »
What kind of car is this, and what powers it?
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2016, 05:56:11 PM »
Is this an early 1970s AMC Hornet Sportabout being used as a test mule for perhaps a turbine engine?
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2016, 06:01:55 PM »
There is an AMC connection, and it is not a Hornet Sportabout.

It is an engine test mule, but not for a turbine.
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2016, 05:38:04 PM »
Is the engine electric?
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2016, 06:37:24 PM »
The engine is not electric
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2016, 10:39:13 AM »
Up!

Do the Pros recognize this strange creature?
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2016, 11:43:12 AM »
Steam-powered ?
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2016, 11:50:11 AM »
Not steam-powered
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2016, 05:24:54 PM »
Flywheel powered ?
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2016, 05:59:21 PM »
Not flywheel
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2016, 12:35:51 AM »
1970 CalTech's CNG-powered AMC Hornet ?
« Last Edit: March 02, 2016, 12:38:35 AM by oko94 »
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2016, 07:32:42 AM »
It's not a Hornet, and it is not powered by CNG

The side window between the back doors and the hatch, is smaller and shaped differently than on a Hornet Wagon
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2016, 08:25:10 AM »
1982 AMC Lerma Mod-I with Stirling engine
« Last Edit: March 02, 2016, 08:27:36 AM by oko94 »
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Re: WTH # 456
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2016, 09:41:11 AM »
And the point goes to oko94 for the correct answer.

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