Loxd4
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Ok, I heard that there was a car that drove off of gas from New York to Calfornia on one 26 gallon tank. But I could find anything but if found this:
Doble built his first steam car while still in high school. He left the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for Detroit with the aim of building the finest steam car in the world. By 1918 he had built 80 steam cars in Detroit. In 1924, Doble and his brothers, all engineers, moved their steam car business to Emeryville, California, where they built 42 additional cars before being forced out of business.
The 1924 model Doble steam car could run for 1,500 miles on a 24-gallon tank (62.5 mpg for a 4300 lbs. automobile), had a flash boiler the could produce a working head of steam in one minute, and reach speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, all in eerie silence. It was a luxury car that film stars and royalty were proud to own.
///////Why were the people put out of business? What wont people start making these car again? And who and why were the force out of business? And dose???And dose anyone have any more infomation on any of this cars???
Doble built his first steam car while still in high school. He left the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for Detroit with the aim of building the finest steam car in the world. By 1918 he had built 80 steam cars in Detroit. In 1924, Doble and his brothers, all engineers, moved their steam car business to Emeryville, California, where they built 42 additional cars before being forced out of business.
The 1924 model Doble steam car could run for 1,500 miles on a 24-gallon tank (62.5 mpg for a 4300 lbs. automobile), had a flash boiler the could produce a working head of steam in one minute, and reach speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, all in eerie silence. It was a luxury car that film stars and royalty were proud to own.
///////Why were the people put out of business? What wont people start making these car again? And who and why were the force out of business? And dose???And dose anyone have any more infomation on any of this cars???