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[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
I've also heard of wood-burning vehicles used particularly in occupied countries back then. I've never taken the time to try and find out how they worked, but I must admit the concept continues to fascinate me! Keep us posted on your findings, Phil...

Keith will have heard of this guy, Kurt Johannsen, a pioneer of road train transport in Northern Territory, Australia. In his retirement he travelled the bush in a 1972 Dodge Coronet station wagon. He converted it to run on wood gas and picked up wood on his travels. It was not the first vehicle he had converted, during the war he converted a 1928 Studebaker ute. He worked it out that 1.5 pounds of wood was used per mile while travelling at a top speed of 65mph !!

Richard