SOLVED: WTH # 456 - 1982 AMC VAM Lerma Mod I Stirling engine test bed

sixtee5cuda · February 21, 2016, 05:44:10 PM

What kind of car is this, and what powers it?

richard cuyler · February 21, 2016, 05:56:11 PM

Is this an early 1970s AMC Hornet Sportabout being used as a test mule for perhaps a turbine engine?

sixtee5cuda · February 21, 2016, 06:01:55 PM

There is an AMC connection, and it is not a Hornet Sportabout.

It is an engine test mule, but not for a turbine.

richard cuyler · February 23, 2016, 05:38:04 PM

Is the engine electric?

sixtee5cuda · February 23, 2016, 06:37:24 PM

The engine is not electric

sixtee5cuda · March 01, 2016, 10:39:13 AM

Up!

Do the Pros recognize this strange creature?

oko94 · March 01, 2016, 11:43:12 AM

Steam-powered ?

sixtee5cuda · March 01, 2016, 11:50:11 AM

Not steam-powered

oko94 · March 01, 2016, 05:24:54 PM

Flywheel powered ?

sixtee5cuda · March 01, 2016, 05:59:21 PM

Not flywheel

oko94 · March 02, 2016, 12:35:51 AM

1970 CalTech's CNG-powered AMC Hornet ?

sixtee5cuda · March 02, 2016, 07:32:42 AM

It's not a Hornet, and it is not powered by CNG

The side window between the back doors and the hatch, is smaller and shaped differently than on a Hornet Wagon

oko94 · March 02, 2016, 08:25:10 AM

1982 AMC Lerma Mod-I with Stirling engine

sixtee5cuda · March 02, 2016, 09:41:11 AM

And the point goes to oko94 for the correct answer.

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SOLVED: WTH # 456 - 1982 AMC VAM Lerma Mod I Stirling engine test bed