Chevrolet De Luxe Master -1937 on wood gas

How to make the "petrol" wood gas and start a Chevrolet De Luxe Master -1937 and go for a ride

[@n4zou]

In the Philippines in the early 80's I volunteered to perform maintenance and repair on electric power generation equipment in small villages. Many of them used coconut husks in gas generators to run the electric power generator engines. They had huge piles of coconut husks left over from processing the coconut meat. Coconut charcoal was a byproduct of gasification and they processed that and sold it as well. The Village would feed us while we were in the village working on their generator's. BBQ cooked over coconut charcoal was delicious.

[@justdegleria7652]

Wowow, amazing

[@arielhuerta8371]

@n4zou hey this is a long shot but would you happen to have more information on how they processed the cocktail husks for the generators?

[@n4zou]

@@arielhuerta8371 They dry them in the sun and cut them up into small pieces. Once dry they burn very well. They load the pieces in a wood gasifier which produces a gas a gasoline engine will run perfectly fine with. Google Wood Gasifier and you'll get all the information on how they work and how to build one for your own use. People built and used wood gasifiers here in the USA during WWII due to gasoline rationing. They also make charcoal out of the husks for cooking too. The best BBQ you will ever have is cooked over coconut charcoal.

[@arielhuerta8371]

@@n4zou thank you so much for responding! I'm actually currently looking into wood gasifiers and happened upon your comment. The place where I'm planning on having the gasifier actually has access to coconut husks in large amounts so that's why I asked.

[@dannydevito9514]

What a piece of machinery. Classic cars know how to make a function into art.

[@niallwildwoode7373]

Bloody awesome. I've been growing willow for this purpose for years, mostly to run my land machinery. Great to see this!

[@acworthian7340]

Why willow?

[@trevordeane8834]

@@acworthian7340 Fast growing and sustainable as it can be coppiced and it's re-growth is pretty fast.

[@InflatablePlane]

I love the sound of those old 1930’s transmissions.

[@bradhartliep879]

I had a friend who was a B-17 Navigator during WW2 .. His plane was shot down and he parachuted into, I think he said Denmark, but it could have been Sweden - it's been too many years and I've forgotten what he said .. He was technically a "prisoner of war" for the remainder of the War, but he didn't live in a POW Camp .. he was allowed to basically roam free and do whatever he wanted, except he wasn't allowed to leave the country [ I suppose that was a violation of the neutrality laws ] .. I believe he had to "check in" every day to the local authority and be counted, to make sure he wasn't trying to escape .. he basically just wandered around the village and helped out whoever in town needed help .. someone in Sweden or Denmark gave him a Wood Gasifier Car to drive for the 3 years he was there .. I'd love to see a real gasifier car in operation and learn how it works and how to "prime it" and operate it .. this video looks exactly how he described it to me 20 years ago ..

[@jenniferthomas3875]

It must have been Sweden. Denmark was occupied by the German army Sweden was neutral.

[@mikedee8876]

Love the car..beautifully maintained. I have had the notion to make a gassifier for my log splitter

[@greatwhitenorthlife2327]

Haha! I like it, but it's also ironic! " I burn wood to split wood to burn wood!"

[@DoughboyJonesmk2]

​@@greatwhitenorthlife2327unlimited power!

[@jeffreyday7533]

A work colleage has a smaller version of this on his short wheelbase Landrover,drove it all over Africa then bought it to Western Australia.It may still survive but it was very easy to use and cheap to run.

[@johno9507]

During WW2 in Sydney, Australia my grandparents had a 7 seat Buick with a wood gas generator just like this with a large storage bag on the roof. My dad's job was to fire up the generator 30 minutes before driving the car.

[@marioadiez]

My father told me this thing existed during WW2 in Montevideo, but never knew for sure how it worked! This video is fine art

[@unknownkw]

Genius as Dr Brown didn't realized that he could have modified his Deloren to run on wood instead of gasoline.

[@Footrotflats251]

you mean banana peels

[@sentradynamics8889]

unknownkw He made it run on garbage instead. Even better

[@unknownkw]

Mr Fusion only powers the flux capacitor and the time circuit, although in theory it should provide enough power to reach 88MPH but he won't have the required materials to build a electric motor that powerful in 1855. A woodgas generator is however steam age technology it probably could be built... although 88MPH will be tough as he would need to build a supercharger to increase the power output.

[@Vidar.m]

You mean instead of plutonium

[@jaysontadlock1871]

The time circuits are powered by me fusion, the conventional internal combustion engine runs on ordinary gasoline it always has, and without gas, there's no way to get the Delorean up to the necessary 88 mph.

[@minkus36]

Your neighbor Gretta isn't going to be happy with ol smoky. On the other hand, it is "renewable" energy.

[@joelvercitte2892]

That straight cut gears are awesome

[@mauriceupton1474]

Up to 1945 and 50s many Australian towns ran on electricity made from wood gas via large suction gas engines.

[@johno9507]

During WW2 in Sydney, Australia my grandparents had a 7 seat Buick with a wood gas generator just like this with a large storage bag on the roof. My dad's job was to start the generator before driving the car.

[@TinaMucklow]

Amazing

[@mytruckownsit]

This might me the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[@funtimesatbeaverfalls]

@@mytruckownsit That's cause your an idiot with no imagination.

[@debillington9239]

@@mytruckownsit Why's that? It makes sense in the right areas of Oz.

[@cesarfarias4219]

Carro super econômico em 2023 ainda não existe um carro econômico igual esse antigo

[@eugeniopolanski2390]

a real life mad scientist, amazing

[@gimiter7463]

such beautiful car, and he mounted wood gasifier on this

[@jozsefbedocs7100]

Magyarországon ez illegális!

[@dh4hdvsg588]

Wood gas vehicles were very common in ww2 europe

[@ato4836]

The most steampunk thing i've ever seen

[@paulmccombie8443]

looks like it goes down the road really good . my father has a 38 I have to talk him into crossing to the wood side. nice

[@HollywoodCreeper]

Top quality camera work! I found it inspiring to stare at that spedometer that was too small to read.

[@BillySBC]

Pretty amazing. I wonder how long the engine will run on the amount of wood he used.

[@alittlebitofannythingandev7919]

Well, they say that 20lbs of wood is equivalent to 1 gallon of gasoline, so with that knowledge, and seeing as how he probably loaded it with 60lbs of wood, he could probably get 60-70 miles, on my guess.

[@pvtimberfaller]

That’s too vague. Wood like any other fuel varies a lot in it’s BTU content. It would be interesting to see how that translated to wood gas. USDA published info on heating values for different species many years ago.

[@The18tvw]

@@pvtimberfaller from what I've been reading wood gas is about 50-60% of gasoline. Apparently it is also around 104 octane and better in high compression engines.

[@yeasonwhat]

That’s awesome

[@mazdalorean]

I would love to get a better view of your fuel processing machine. That thing looks awesome. Joe

[@GilcemarBussinessYoutuber]

Os carros que fizeram historia. Eu e meu pai encontramos o fazendeiro com um carro semelhante la interior de Pitanga PR.

[@hildebrandosantos3325]

Show de bola acho que hoje em dia seria interessante manter essas relíquias para estudos da mecânica também.

[@michaelryan4192]

Thats just amazing

[@sandiste1365]

bravo ! super travail !

[@openroad6522]

My dad and his brother ran a truck on wood in wwII Germany He said it worked and got the job done, but not well

[@mypinballandarcades2119]

Fyfasen vilken cool gubbe!

[@blokel99]

Jepp!! ohh fan nu lyckades jag kommentera !

[@viking1ur]

+My pinball and arcades Ja dette liker vi!!

[@surrealengineering7884]

These gas prices really get people to be inventive... xD

[@rexantony1099]

What an amazing content

[@gammon1183]

Mad Max meets Pingu 😀 Awesome 😎

[@bcubed72]

Doc Brown could run it on methanol or ethanol. Both trivially easy for a scientist to create, even in the 19tb century.

[@09EvoX]

Hi. Just wondering if Woodgas tends to carbon/tar engines up after a time, or they are hot enough to burn it off? Maybe run an occasional tank of regular fuel with additive to clean it? What have you found?

[@volkerleiste6191]

No, carbon and tar hsve been a big issue

[@JuhaK71]

A properly constructed, dimensioned, used and maintained gasifier with proper fuel would produce tar free gas, but...

[@gregoryborton6598]

@@JuhaK71 Also depends on fuel source iirc. These were widely used in WW2 during gas shortages in the UK and Germany and were notorious for being very finnicky to maintain, especially if you had to use rubbish as fuel as was often the case in germany. I know under the right circumstances tar free, even 'cleaner' gas than petrol can be made from wood gasifiers built and run right, but this technology has been seldom used under ideal circumstances. I think a lot of the gasifiers in Germany, the civilians ones at least, were repurposed out of things like garbage bins etc. FEMA has a document out detailing how to make a gasifier from a garbage bin too. My point being, tar has always been an issue as these are almost always ad hoc designs that aren't being run ideally.

[@snoggatog3651]

I would like to know how he managed to filter the wood gas so tar wouldn't destroy the engine, any ideas??

[@jasonsteiner57]

Snoggatog I wonder if there is a filter of some sort between the gassifier and intake. Cleans the smoke before the rest is burnt off?

[@CNCmachiningisfun]

A well tuned gasifier produces VERY little tar. You wood be surprised at how cleanly they can run :) .

[@exercisemyrights]

smoke is filtered thru sawdust

[@ThePainterr]

Smoke filtered through sawdust, and tar liquid runoff collected in a "tar jar".

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

Force wood gas to go downwards through water and bubble up and then go through a filter on the other side. That or use a radiator system to collect the tar in barrels and let the lighter gases flow up.

[@jasperdomacena6491]

how often do you have to clean the valves and the pipes where the wood gas goes?

[@sailingyemaya9781]

The tax man hates this

[@IggyWon]

It will go 300 hectares on single tank of vood pellots.

[@ObiTrev]

PUT IT IN H!

[@charlesmartin1972]

Not to be that guy, but a hectare is a unit of area, not distance

[@IggyWon]

@@charlesmartin1972 Yeah. It's a simpsons reference.

[@joannemercader7073]

Brilliant

[@tonymaimone1826]

Lots of work and sweat to fill the tank :- )

[@pauloneill9880]

Guaranteed survivor of a shit hits the fan human reset event. I live and breath this kinda stuff but live in a bed sit in a northern town with no possibilities of pursuing.

[@withwingsaseagleeyes]

3:00 fueling up for a long trip. I wonder how far they can get on one load of wood pellets that they make themselves.

[@soldtobediers]

Splendid design! About how many board foot per mile k l? - Daily driver of a 1953 3100 Chevy Pickup FW Texas.

[@timothyletwin5911]

So just fire it up and go! Add 1 hour to every one way trip I guess.

[@brankojanjanin3069]

Bella Roba interessante in vistaaaaaa complimenti??!!!!!

[@latmask00]

Riktigt kul att se, tack.

[@panchovillaxx7]

Honey!!!! Have you seen the laundry basket!!! 🤨🤨

[@michaelwest1854]

Look at this Brandon! How do ya like me now! Lol

[@midnightdarkchocolate]

Fluxcapacitor Porto Type ⚛️

[@herritrilaksana4095]

Could you please put some more details how you filtered the syngas?

[@huseyincelikors659]

Bu sistemi arazide su pompalarına monte edebilirmiyiz

[@tkeo12]

Yep. That's the way Swedes will be riding around nowadays without Russian gas/oil. But hey, at least you have Greta Tunberg!

[@MindCrime550]

In care fuel gauge apparently still functioning.

[@stechanina3631]

MindCrime x

[@jacklumbar7061]

What is the waste product? Simple ash or more charcoal?

[@HollywoodCreeper]

The simple waste product is you

[@bovie_bovie]

The waste product should be charcoal; since little or no oxygen is getting into that reaction chamber, only allowing hydrogen and wood alcohol to get into the engine. If enough oxygen got into the reaction chamber, the wood would burn and turn to ash, and there would be too much carbon in the gas (which would be just wood smoke at that point) and the engine wouldn’t start.

[@REVY01]

Do you know where I can but this wood gas car kit?

[@robervalferreira6838]

Bem bolado e criativo

[@michael970]

Awesome

[@janbolek762]

Super, witch country? Danmark, Norway?

[@dnebdal]

The last one - Sweden. A tip you'll probably never find useful is that all three use Åå, but Sweden uses Ää and Öö while Denmark and Norway prefer Ææ and Øø. The warning sign ("It's lethally dangerous to be in the cabin when the starting fan is on") you see a couple of times has an Ä or two. :)

[@mgakatotoytv739]

Wow nice

[@janbolek762]

Super

[@imkereiolbricholbrich504]

die grüne Art Auto zu fahren

[@PreGameler]

Its is the future

[@patrickcannell2258]

WW2 trick as petrol was scarce.

[@dieselgeezer18]

why you grind the gears so much?

[@paulodasilvaandre7808]

I find it interesting, but I don't want a train like that , ainda mais que inventaram motor a combustão de hidrogênio 👍

[@alk315]

How many cords per mile?

[@richardanderson5109]

How many miles per cord ?!?!?!?!! ♿ 🇺🇲

[@homemaintenance7312]

Very nice. Amazing job. ههههههههههههه

[@antoniopampalone6828]

Bad for car, but good for electricity.

[@allanegleston4931]

is this gasogienes ?

[@kevinstechnikwelt]

hello, I want to build a tank wood machine like they have. could you maybe take some pictures for me? And maybe a little hand sketch with a few measurements. that would help me a lot. many thanks. Greetings Kevin

[@Dino_prf]

Nice

[@Vidar.m]

We all need a car like that when the sale of fossile fuels stops.

[@JuneAnne-Tifa-jz7fg]

Yeaaaaa no. World would be deforested so fast.

[@franco912]

Better to use horses and amish buggy

[@5naxalotl]

now what i want to know is: why didn't the vehicles in mad max show the wood gas generators?

[@africanelectron751]

The energy to chop up the wood VS run the car....

[@jorgecruzperez2510]

En argentina usan la basura en vez de madera

[@bigscrewg]

American made, swedish wood powered

[@fauzimachamili1691]

Swap the engine for Drive generator using scrap Wood.

[@trevordeane8834]

To K I. If you read this can you please get in touch with me as I could do with some advice about building a charcoal based wood gasifier please.

[@LeonEkwall]

Klart det är småläningar haha

[@sosmecanicaemcasamariosilv5976]

Muito interessante

[@charliewestlund9688]

Hur ofta måste man stanna och fylla på ved om man kör lugn landsvägsfart?

[@will7its]

Honey, go warm up the car, I want to go to town......🤣

[@debillington9239]

What are the disadvantages to this type of engine? I can’t seem to find why they weren’t more heavily utilised

[@TheSpekkel1]

Start ups are quite slow and the "kettle" requires more frequent filling with wood, than a standard vehicle would need gasoline. Many types of wood gassifiers were used heavily during and after ww2 in Europe. Germany alone utilised half a million wood gassifier powered vehicles during the war, ranging from small tractors, to cars, boats and even armoured vehicles like halftracks and tanks. Countries that didn't even partake in fighting like Sweden, also had to endure with fuel shortages like every other country so they had 73 000 gassifier cars on their roads in 1942. Wood gassifiers started to dissapear from everyday use, depending on region, in 50s and in some places around 60s. The ease of just refueling gas to a vehicle is much easier, compared to lighting a fire everytime and carrying around fire wood in your vehicle takin space. Most likely last vehicles to commonly use gasifiers were tractors, which I've seen one from year 1973 fitted with a gassifier. Gassifiers werent so common in the states as they had, well not abundance of fuel but way more of it than europe did.

[@fakiirification]

gasoline is simply more energy dense and convenient. part of why electric cars have not caught on until very recently. and battery tech is still far behind the energy density of fossil fuels. but there is hope, as Papa Elon is here to save us all!

[@JuhaK71]

The gas from the gasifier has about 40-50% of flammable gases(carbon monoxide and hydrogen), the output of the engine is about half of the case of gasoline use. The use of wood fueled car is quite tricky, for example the changes of the power demand has to be planned(before the uphill you have to shift the lower gear and increase the engine rpm etc.). As you see, the starting is slow, the wood fuel has to be well prepared(suitable sized and very dry). And at last, the gas from the gasifier is DEADLY toxic! It contains about 20-25% of carbon monoxide. The risk for the poisoning is remarkable(starting and refuelling the gasifier, driving the vehicle to the garage) The exhaust of the engine is very clean anyway.

[@sexyfacenation]

You watched the video and can't see the disadvantage!!!! Cmon dude, spend ages cutting wood, operating boiler thing or just fill up and go?

[@debillington9239]

@@sexyfacenation Sorry, I was moreso referring to the fuel type rather than the prep, etc. Oh well, it was just a high school project that I needed an answer for...

[@mrlagerin]

Är aggregatet byggt själv eller köpt? Såg väldigt välgjort ut☺️

[@pachy444]

Shame he used electricity to cut the wood ..... bit like using a diesel generator to charge an electric car lol

[@ninpeg4441]

Run it off a wood gas Generator

[@randylahey3988]

Instead of use a diesel power to charge your electric, you use charcoal or nuclear!

[@LNERMallard]

Could've used a steam-powered saw... would've been more period correct.

[@fynnschumann7661]

@@randylahey3988 But for petrol rafination you also need a lot of electricity. In the end electric cars are the best, because gascars have methane emissions. Not sure if woodgas is also as bad.

[@punker4Real]

@@randylahey3988 or thorium

[@Jokattehimami]

Why didn't show road clearly? Is it not working?

[@Cristian.1.]

pirolisis?

[@nomchowski8297]

And people nowadays complain about having to charge their electric cars..

[@joelperillotempra9324]

Wood gas using a pine tree grits

[@julianosantos4684]

Carro a lenha

[@helmermagnusson4094]

med dessa bensinpriser skulle detta vara ett bra alternativ

[@janbolek762]

Please what is this warning ? Is possible traduce in english ? "Livsfarligt Att vistas i cupen nar startflakten ar pa."

[@A3Kr0n]

Step #1: Cut wood on death machine.

[@manuelsantos4941]

Com a gasolina cara as pessoas têm que pensar fazer igual 🤔😂

[@Taydrum]

Is that speedo in KMH or MPH?

[@superbird426]

Km/h it’s from 🇸🇪 sweden

[@varunpathak2678]

@@superbird426 but the car is American

[@superbird426]

v p yes but it’s probably sold new here, and manufactured here at Ana Sweden. We got meny cars in boxes 📦

[@gomesraphael]

É muita cloroquina

[@coldspring624]

Nice saw to

[@dukeman7595]

: farfegnugen

[@badmofo6462]

Wait what happened

[@SeattlePioneer]

Ummmm. Not ready for prime time.

[@NigelThornbery]

I know your not in the United States but it's an American car, is that speed gauge in mph or km/h

[@1FireyPhoenix]

It's a right hand drive, I believe its MPH. It seems legit that it is because 30mph looks like the speed it was traveling at 30.

[@ingemarforsstrom7946]

Sweden = km/h .

[@GewelReal]

Yeah 1937 non-racing car doing 75MPH