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My dad is a survivor of the German occupation of Holland and he says the desperate Jerries were using wood to power some of their vehicles in the winter and spring of 1945. Whatever vehicle was so rigged always had a bizarre boiler arrangement tagged-on in the back (just like that guy's Festy).
I think the wood had to be heated or broken down in the absence of oxygen (ie into charcoal) and then the gases piped into the engine. Natural gas, in a manner of speaking. I don't think you'd do this thinking you'd go 100,000miles or that the engine would not foul up with deposits somehow.
However: very interesting that experimenters would choose a Festy (no doubt a carb model) over every other manner of car type available. I'm guessing the same getup wouldn't move a 70s Mercury Marquis or an old Caddy very far.
I think the wood had to be heated or broken down in the absence of oxygen (ie into charcoal) and then the gases piped into the engine. Natural gas, in a manner of speaking. I don't think you'd do this thinking you'd go 100,000miles or that the engine would not foul up with deposits somehow.
However: very interesting that experimenters would choose a Festy (no doubt a carb model) over every other manner of car type available. I'm guessing the same getup wouldn't move a 70s Mercury Marquis or an old Caddy very far.
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