Show us interesting alternative gas engined cars (wood gas generators etc...)

[thorax]

maybe a Wanderer:

[grobmotorix]

Not maybe, but definitly!

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Tinarelli advertise:

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Lancia Aprilia:

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[sichel]

"Der Herr erschuf in seinem Zorn den Imbert mit dem Rütteldorn" - "the lord in his wrath created imbert with the..." "Rütteldorn" is difficult to translate. Imbert-Systems needed regular loosening of the pieces of wood. A metal rod was used for this, so called "Rüttelstange". That was a hard and dirty job. Therefore it was a very "popular job" with drivers and, better, stokers.

[grobmotorix]

 

A nice saying

I´d translate "Stüttelstab" with poking rod or something alike.

[Wendax]

An Opel Olympia in postwar Eastern Germany with an external LPG tank I think:

[grobmotorix]

A unique solution  - almost elegantly integrated.

[grobmotorix]

American pickup with wood gas generator:

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Fiat 1500 6C with gas bottles on the roof:

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more Fiat 1500 6C

[grobmotorix]

 

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maybe a Renault

[Wendax]

It is a Renault Juvaquatre. The sign on the back says SAUR (= Société anonyme des usines Renault).

[pnegyesi]

A page from a photo album showing the history of the Budapest Taxi company. A Fiat with LPG conversion from the 1940s

[pnegyesi]

But the taxi company also worked with gas conversions

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[grobmotorix]

Thank you guys!

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1939

[grobmotorix]

I never saw a converted Balilla before.

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really?

[grobmotorix]

French (wood) gas station 1934:

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Fiat and Alfa buses

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Peugeot: