David writes: >>>There were a fair number of producer gas vehicles around
during WWII.
> There were great shortages of gasoline, particularly in areas
> occupied by Germany. The Germans didn't have enough gasoline for
> their own use, let alone for the silly occupied civvies. If you look
> at pictures of Paris taxis, they have a wood stove in the trunk iwth
> the exhaust hooked up to the intake of the petrol engine.<<<
in the UK as well, but we mostly used coal gas in a big bag on the roof of
the car. Apparently all the petrol was needed for our American friends to
fill up their Zippos :-)
Of course cars had far simpler engines in those days.
Best Cheers
Reverend Frank
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