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We've been following the progress of the Splinter since early this year when the radical wooden supercar being built but some woodworking students came to light, and now we get get to see the body. In a flurry of activity leading up to its display at the International Woodworking Fair, the folks behind Splinter managed to get the wooden body hooked up to the wooden chassis. The body itself is made of a basket-woven wood overlaid with a resin and pressed together in a mold — basically the wood version of carbon fiber. Check out that interior too; wow. More »
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When we first saw the Splinter wooden supercar back in February, it was one of those "oh yeah, right, a wooden supercar, whatever" situations. We thought the Splinter was a flight of fancy — nothing more than crazy auto-loving NC State kids being crazy auto-loving NC State kids. We were wrong. Splinter's just made the leap from pine-scented vaporware to real life parts and assemblies. We're just as shocked as you are. It seems Joe Harmon and his associates have been hard at work actually building this crazy all-wood supercar. More »
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