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Old 12-07-2007, 08:27 AM
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Gvang steam car
Gene Van Grecken's masterpiece, the star exhibit of the 1973 Sydney Motor Show

Photo 1 - Shows the car at the Sydney convention plus the dash
Photo 2 - Comalco Sighting
Photo 3 - Black Box for Engine
Photo 4 - Fluid Pump
Photo 5 - Van Grecken at Work
Photo 6 - Van Grecken with Steam Generator
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Old 12-07-2007, 08:47 AM
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Photo 7 - Van Grecken with Engine
Photo 8 - Father/Son with GVANG + GVANG rear view + Generator
Photo 9 - GVANG in front of workshop plus shell pictures
Photo 10 and 11 - Article in Motor Week Sept. 1972
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Old 12-07-2007, 09:12 AM
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Old 12-07-2007, 09:29 AM
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Last ones # 12 and 13 (next post) Article about GVANG published in Morganite Review Vol. 1, No. 7
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Old 12-07-2007, 09:32 AM
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Nice! The bookstore at which I work has a customer with a collection of older steam-cars, mostly Whites, and Stanleys. I'll show hime this. Any idea what happened to the car?
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Old 12-07-2007, 10:53 AM
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Lucky #13 and thats it!
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Old 12-07-2007, 11:22 AM
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This car looks awesome, but it also looks like someone crossed a Corvette with a GT40.


How come no one's heard anything about this car? Does that mean that he failed the 200 mph attempt?

How quickly could the engine build up steam pressure?

Was it practical to use?

Information please!
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Old 12-07-2007, 01:14 PM
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looks like a miura mixed with a corvette
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Old 12-07-2007, 01:22 PM
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looks like a miura mixed with a corvette
When i first saw it, it remindd me of a Miura
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Old 12-08-2007, 08:53 PM
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What could have been...but on the other hand, steam is very hard to control, if it got in an accident or something went wrong, the results could be very bad indeed.
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