Comments on: The Waterless Knoxmobile http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/05/the-waterless-knoxmobile/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:04:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/05/the-waterless-knoxmobile/comment-page-1/#comment-1067010 Toronto Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:58:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5624#comment-1067010 Scot: Interesting. One cylinder, but two pistons - sort of like a 2 stroke boxer engine. Interesting side trip via Wikipedia (then googling "bourke engine.') Scot: Interesting. One cylinder, but two pistons – sort of like a 2 stroke boxer engine. Interesting side trip via Wikipedia (then googling “bourke engine.’)

]]> By: Scott http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/05/the-waterless-knoxmobile/comment-page-1/#comment-1067009 Scott Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:21:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5624#comment-1067009 I saw a beautiful, running Knoxmobile, 1902, at the classic car show in Riverside Park, Vero Beach, Florida, on March 29, 2009. It was completely and beautifully restored. The owner told me that it has a >>> one <<< stroke engine! I looked it up on Wikipedia, and such a thing does exist. It sounded very different from a two or four stroke engine. You could hear the cylinder (just one of them) fire and you could hear the air being sucked in separately from the exhaust. It is one of the most interesting cars I have ever seen. Unfortunately, I did not get the name of the owner. Scott Badman I saw a beautiful, running Knoxmobile, 1902, at the classic car show in Riverside Park, Vero Beach, Florida, on March 29, 2009. It was completely and beautifully restored. The owner told me that it has a >>> one <<< stroke engine! I looked it up on Wikipedia, and such a thing does exist. It sounded very different from a two or four stroke engine. You could hear the cylinder (just one of them) fire and you could hear the air being sucked in separately from the exhaust. It is one of the most interesting cars I have ever seen. Unfortunately, I did not get the name of the owner.

Scott Badman

]]> By: mike http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/05/the-waterless-knoxmobile/comment-page-1/#comment-1065873 mike Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:22:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5624#comment-1065873 I think it would take a lot of courage to get into one of those contraptions if you were only used to horses and mules! Going 20 miles an hour on bumpy streets would probably have felt like convertible Concord. I think it would take a lot of courage to get into one of those contraptions if you were only used to horses and mules! Going 20 miles an hour on bumpy streets would probably have felt like convertible Concord.

]]> By: KHarn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/05/the-waterless-knoxmobile/comment-page-1/#comment-1061613 KHarn Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:10:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5624#comment-1061613 "Two hundred miles on one supply of gasolene." How many gallons (Pints? Liters? Quarts?) in "one supply"? “Two hundred miles on one supply of gasolene.”

How many gallons (Pints? Liters? Quarts?) in “one supply”?

]]> By: Mike http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/05/the-waterless-knoxmobile/comment-page-1/#comment-1061153 Mike Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:00:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5624#comment-1061153 Eight horse power! Eight horse power!

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