Wood gas Packard
Posted by kanadanmajava On 2013/1/29 17:33:44
In the "opening rear window" thread I promised to post a picture of a Packard that was been equipped with wood gas system.
It's a scan from a local magazine about old cars but I think that the picture is from some government photo stash. They represent cars that will be taken to government use during the WWII. The picture series has also two other similar '36 Packards with regular fuel setup. I can post them too.
If you are wondering why does the vehicle have this contraption there is a good reason for it. During the war and interwar period we had bad shortage of the fuel. But we did have a lot of wood...
The text goes roughly:
"The picture has identifying number 577/16. This and other pictures are taken in the same place just in front of Senaatintori in Helsinki. The car is 7 passenger '36 Packard with A-19 plates from year 1940. It seems that the vehicle was used during interwar period for long distances as it has truck sized gas generator in the back of the vehicle and the whole roof is reserved for wood chip bags under the waterproof tarpaulin cover. Big condenser in front and chip wool filters hint that the wood gas system is an AKMO branded device. Civilian driver seem very small built. The windshield seems to have some driving permit. Under the vehicle there are early winter tires that preceded Nokian Hakkapeliitta tires that were known as "kelirenkaat" (close to "weather tires" with more road related meaning).
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It's a scan from a local magazine about old cars but I think that the picture is from some government photo stash. They represent cars that will be taken to government use during the WWII. The picture series has also two other similar '36 Packards with regular fuel setup. I can post them too.
If you are wondering why does the vehicle have this contraption there is a good reason for it. During the war and interwar period we had bad shortage of the fuel. But we did have a lot of wood...
The text goes roughly:
"The picture has identifying number 577/16. This and other pictures are taken in the same place just in front of Senaatintori in Helsinki. The car is 7 passenger '36 Packard with A-19 plates from year 1940. It seems that the vehicle was used during interwar period for long distances as it has truck sized gas generator in the back of the vehicle and the whole roof is reserved for wood chip bags under the waterproof tarpaulin cover. Big condenser in front and chip wool filters hint that the wood gas system is an AKMO branded device. Civilian driver seem very small built. The windshield seems to have some driving permit. Under the vehicle there are early winter tires that preceded Nokian Hakkapeliitta tires that were known as "kelirenkaat" (close to "weather tires" with more road related meaning).
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