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The Splinter: Man Makes A 600HP Supercar Out Of Wood

The Splinter: Man Makes A 600HP Supercar Out Of Wood
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This one-off supercar was designed as a show piece by a team led by Joe Harmon, an industrial designer from North Carolina. The bodywork uses a mixture of bent and laminated wood veneers including woven cherry skins and tessellated end-grain balsa core. The chassis is a laminated veneer monocoque fitted with unequal-length upper and lower laminated wood A-arms with height-adjustable air-bag springs and adjustable shocks. The engine is aluminium 7.0 litre V8 unit packing 600hp. It uses a 6-speed manual gearbox, although the performance will probably never be measured.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M77PPNwmycE