Wood gas cars - photos

[Altair]

These "woodmobiles" were equipped with gasifiers designed to convert organic material into combustible gas. During the Second World War, a number of motorized vehicles were converted to use wood gas as a consequence of the rationing of fossil fuels.














Previously:

Steam-powered snowplow
Steam tractors pulling bi-directional tilting plow - GIF
1949 Ford F-6 steam conversion - photos
1897 Amoskeag steam-powered fire engine - photo
Steam aircraft - photos and video

[ranald]

Puts a different take on owning a "Woodie".