Splinter Wooden Supercar

The chassis is made from a series of bent and molded laminates which were secondarily riveted and bonded together.

Jaguar f type dane techniczne. Composites like carbon fiber or fiberglass have been seen in cars for decades but a car using wood composites to the extent that the splinter does has never been. Read the full story on splinter joe harmons wooden supercar at automobile magazine online. The inspiration behind the splinter was a wwii airplane called the de havilland mosquito.

This special supercar debut was unlike any other this supercar is made of wood. The splinter is the worlds first and only supercar made from wood composites. Essentially every wooden part of the splinter is made from composite construction.

The splinter began as a graduate school project at north carolina state university and has continued since. The splinter is a high performance sports car that took a team led by joe harmon five years to create. The worlds only wooden supercar known as the splinter is a high performance sports car that is estimated to be 90 wood.

The body and chassis along with large percentages of the suspension components wheels interior and other details have been made from wood. The splinter is a high performance sports car that took a team led by joe harmon five years to create. The splinter a high performance wooden supercar is not made from these construction techniques.

Equipped with two rolls royce v12 engines it was the fastest piston driven plane of its era and was made almost entirely out of wood. This special supercar debut was unlike any other this supercar is made of wood. Fuelled by a lifelong desire to design and build his own car and.

Since the essen motor show in december 2015 the wooden supercar known as the splinter has been making news and creating quite the buzz.