Fardier de Cugnot - The Chariot of Fire

Tampa Bau Automobile Museum's reporoduction of the Fardier de Cugnot; the world's first self-propelled vehicle. This is a faithful reporoduction of the 18th Century steam carriage, a historically signicant vehicle which was developed in France to transport artillery cannons during a time of war. This video shows that the Fardier works, and it works rather well!

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[dpjr47]

Excellent! Love the sound of the steam chuffing through the cylinders, and the creak of the wood. I'll display this video for my automobile history class.

[pbarilov]

saw this it greenfield village this past weekend and i'm proud to say that it made me pitch a tent

[jaymorpheus11]

No way, it was actually used in battle, my uncle mr. rumplestilshmucks told me a story about this battle where the chariots of fire was set upon the man and it was a massacre. He said I wasn't going to read about it in any history book but it was true. He even showed me a photo of the battle, one of the oldest 1700's photos, it ran over the opposing army. Just kidding haha

[mechanicsnut]

That is awsome!!!! I have always wanted to see what this engine looks like running, and now I know! It sounds just like I thought it would, this cart was reveloutionary in its day. However it was not actually used in battle, the boiler ran out of steam too quickly. But to see a reproduction running is wonderful! Thanks so much.