Pete Barrett, SACA West 3-Wheeler
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Tom Kimmel with the SACA West 3-Wheeler |
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| Glen Eggen and Pete Barrett | ||
| This is the SACA-West three wheeler based on a Cushman frame and using a Besler smoke coil monotube boiler and a Day-Land engine. The boiler used a Pete Barrett designed spinning cup burner and gasoline and a quartz rod controller with a normalize, in typical Doble design fashion. Pete Barrett is shown sitting on the vehicle. The steam power plant was too much power for the vehicle’s suspension and brakes so it was taken apart and the components used in a larger frame. | ||
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The miracle is that this worked at all. It was made with money collected from the Los Angeles club and put together by a committee, although Pete insisted on the boiler design. | |
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| Spinning Cup Burner | ||
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| Day-Land Engine | ||
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| Besler Smoke Generator Coils |
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Above: Photo taken at 2001 Danville Meet. The SACA-West three-wheeler based on a Cushman frame and using a Day-Land engine, a Besler smoke coil monotube boiler using a Pete Barrett designed spinning cup burner and a Doble style quartz rod controller. Bob Bender giving a ride to Marv Feldman from Wisconsin. The front tank is for water. Vehicle owned by Tom Kimmel at the time and since then taken apart because all steam vehicles that run are taken apart to be improved because the owner is so happy that something runs that they cannot wait to make it run better. |
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| Terry Stout having fun checking out the 3 Wheeler. | ||
