Brig Gas Producers During WWII, Sidney Crawford and his team of 40 staff at Commercial Motor Vehicles created the Brig Gas Producers as a substitute to petrol due to rationing. In the Saturday 25 May 1940 edition, The Mail (Adelaide,… Continue Reading →
Allen Gas Producer Patents for Allen Gas Producer appeared in the USA and Australia; the USA patent date is 2 January 1918, and the latter is on 27 July 1914. George Hamilton Allen was an engineer from Collie, Western Australia, who died… Continue Reading →
Gas Taxi Background A preclude to the gas taxi, horse-drawn hackney carriages for hire were famous in Paris and London as early as the 17th century. These carriages provided much-needed transportation, connecting people with far-away destinations cost-effectively. Passengers relied on… Continue Reading →
Straw Gas Car The Straw Gas Car, built in 1917 by an engineering professor from the University of Saskatchewan, was a revolutionary vehicle of its time. It used straw as fuel and became the first successful gasified taxi. This early… Continue Reading →
Gas Bag Buses The photo of gas bag buses was taken in Shandong, China, in 1965 and showed several gas bag buses traveling along a street. As stated by Low-tech Magazine, the buses continued to be used “in some regions of… Continue Reading →
Wishart Producer Gas Unit High Speeds Attained Printed in The Mail, Adelaide, Australia, Saturday 29 June 1940 A recent issue of the Sydney ‘Daily Telegraph’ reports particulars of a fast trip between Melbourne and Sydney. A Pontiac car with two… Continue Reading →
Gas Producer Cars Gas producer cars, Kubelwagens and Beetles around World War II featured a ‘T230 gas generator’ in front of the front axle, where one would expect to find the spare tire. This gasifier was designed to convert… Continue Reading →
Gasifier Tractors of World War II During World War II, gasification tractors were essential in helping the Allied forces achieve victory. Gasification converts organic material such as wood, straw, or coal into combustible gas. This gas powers internal combustion engines…. Continue Reading →
Trailer Mounted Gasifier A Wolseley tows the trailer-mounted gasifier below from 1943 in Yallourn, Victoria, Australia. This remarkable invention allowed vehicles to be powered by a combination of petrol and wood gas. With this system, the gasifier is towed behind… Continue Reading →
Studebaker Charcoal Burner Racing Cars Burn Charcoal in 250 Mile Swedish Event “At the finish line of a 250 mile automobile race the other day the checkered flag waved down a strange-looking winner. Strange, at least to Americans, for it… Continue Reading →
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