Did GM build a car tun on 100% hydroxy?

[b1jetmech]

Living in Michigan here I came across a fellow who through the "grape vine" knew of GM's development of a Corvette that ran on straight Hydrogen. He stated the Corvette had so much power it broke traction when you were not trying and ran good. But GM didn't go further with the straight hydro powered car because of safety issues. Like the car turning into a crater!? If something went wrong?! Remember Hydrogen in a compressed tank is a potential B*MB! And I guess that's what scared off GM from the prospect of producing a hydrogen powered car.

Again, I don't know how true this is but would not be surprised if it did happen.

Has anyone heard of this? 

[b1jetmech]

Here a car BMW built to run on liquid H2.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=117647#22

The Hindenburg effect
No discussion of hydrogen and motor vehicles can get very far before someone mentions safety, and the airship Hindenburg's fiery destruction in 1937. Controversies abound over the relative roles of the bagged hydrogen and the flammable coating on that ship's skin, but whatever the reality, the safety of hydrogen in practice will always get special scrutiny. BMW has intricate systems for managing pressure in the H-7's hydrogen tank and safely handling any bleed-off. It has rigorously tested the crashworthiness of the tank, and even studied its susceptibility to gunfire.

Engineers point out that, even if the worst happens, lighter-than-air hydrogen escapes upward and rapidly dissipates rather than splashing downward on everything the way burning gasoline does. In fact, one school of thought says that if gasoline had not become the motor fuel of choice in the last century, and somebody wanted to introduce it now, it would be outlawed as impossibly dangerous. So yes, hydrogen must be managed carefully, but BMW believes this is not an insurmountable challenge.

Good point.

[damon]

i do not know if g.m. built a hydrogen powered car, but there is a company that builds and installs hydrogen conversions. One of their test vehicles is a corvette. If i find a link to it, i will post it.
    By the way Bob i am glad to hear your mom is doing well.