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Curtis Jacobson
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Is stainless steel the material of the future?
Posted by: Moderator
Date: January 25, 2010 01:15PM

Armco Steel was working hard in the late sixties to promote the image of stainless steel as a wonder material.

As Armco was developing exciting new alloys for NASA, they also sponsored development of some very interesting stainless steel race cars for Can-Am and Formula 5000.

Here's a brand new article about Paul Dudiak's McKee Mk12 Formula 5000 Racecar (with 49 photos)

http://www.britishracecar.com/PaulDudiak-McKee-Mk12c/PaulDudiak-McKee-Mk12c-BA.jpg

Stainless steel spaceframe:
http://www.britishracecar.com/PaulDudiak-McKee-Mk12c/PaulDudiak-McKee-Mk12c-XC.jpg

Stainless steel suspension parts:
http://www.britishracecar.com/PaulDudiak-McKee-Mk12c/PaulDudiak-McKee-Mk12c-DI.jpg


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