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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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    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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    Partial detail
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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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    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?
    Last edited by bruxell; 12-07-2007 at 10:41 AM.

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    Lucky #13 and thats it!
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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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    looks like a miura mixed with a corvette

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    Quote Originally Posted by ferrarifreak013 View Post
    looks like a miura mixed with a corvette
    When i first saw it, it remindd me of a Miura
    I want to die in my sleep like my Grandma, not screaming like the other 3 people in her car.

    There are 10 types of people in this world. People who understand binary and people who don't.

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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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    I viewed the Gvang at the Sydney motor show (in about 1972) when I was 12 years old, and proudly obtained a brochure at the time.
    Other vehicles that took my attention way back then (though not related) were the prototype Mazda Cosmo (not the 1977 RX5, which was released elsewhere under the same name), an Austin Healey 3000, and a turbine powered Volvo (don't like Volvos of the era, but the turbine fitment interested me).
    Anyhow, unfortunately my Gvang brochure got lost... but some years later I obtained a motoring magazine with an article on it. Don't know where it is now, but it will be somewhere in my collection!
    I was recently telling someone about the Gvang (as I have continued to do over the years... to people that had never heard of it), and decided to search the net for any info.
    And was pleased to find others did know of this fabulous vehicle and engine, and appreciated its wonder... though I cannot find any recent info or follow-up on 2004/2005 forums.
    Does anyone know of any new info or developments?
    I'd be very interested.
    Incidentally, the NSU Ro80 is another vehicle of interest (of which I have 3)... and a glossy brochure!
    Thanks.
    Regards,
    Brad

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    yup, i agree... accident cases are seen frequently because of extreme steam level..
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