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Steam, NO but gas, YES!

May 25th 2011 01:35

gas steam cars motoring






The Paxton Phoenix steam car, designed by Brooks Stevens, was the at Meadow Brook Concours in 2010


a single example of the Paxton Phoenix





According to the New York Times


Mr. McCulloch had planned to power the car with a 3-cylinder, 6-piston, 2-stroke internal-combustion engine, with a crankshaft at each side and combustion chambers in the middle of the cylinders. That power plant was abandoned in favor of a steam engine.








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