Re: COLONIAL WEAPONS

At 7:55 PM +0100 1/29/02, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:
[snip]

>You will need some steel or other metal for the engine. You have to get
the
>ores, process them to metal. You will need a fairly big block for the
>engine.
>You need some reasonably precise gears and other turning parts, plus a
fuel
>pump. You need a reasonably precise power lathe to make those.
Available
>from the 18th/19th century on, perhaps.
>Most of the body can be wood with metal reinforcements.
>You may want some glass for the windscreen. Another 'industry' to set
up
>Some basic electric gear for the ignition - so copper, wiredrawing,
>insulating.
>Electricity and glass-working might also give you headlights.
>I hope you don't insist on rubber tires ?

This is the crux of what I've been trying to get to. You need 
industries to support industries to support other industries. A great 
big web of materials, transport and factories. Even if they are small 
and in someone's garage. Thats a lot of garages.

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