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.

[@minkus36]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@pepperroni4016]

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.

[@ato4836]

The most steampunk thing i've ever seen

[@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.

[@dh4hdvsg588]

Wood gas vehicles were very common in ww2 europe

[@InflatablePlane]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@yeasonwhat]

That’s awesome

[@michaelryan4192]

Thats just amazing

[@mazdalorean]

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

[@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.

[@panchovillaxx7]

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

[@gimiter7463]

such beautiful car, and he mounted wood gasifier on this

[@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.

[@cesarfarias4219]

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

[@rexantony1099]

What an amazing content

[@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

[@joannemercader7073]

Brilliant

[@brankojanjanin3069]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@sailingyemaya9781]

The tax man hates this

[@janbolek762]

Super, witch country? Danmark, Norway?

[@jasperdomacena6491]

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

[@OhighOSkater]

Awesome

[@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.

[@bcubed72]

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

[@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

[@latmask00]

Riktigt kul att se, tack.

[@soldtobediers]

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

[@homemaintenance7312]

Very nice. Amazing job. ههههههههههههه

[@mypinballandarcades2119]

Fyfasen vilken cool gubbe!

[@blokel99]

Jepp!! ohh fan nu lyckades jag kommentera !

[@viking1ur]

+My pinball and arcades Ja dette liker vi!!

[@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

[@allanegleston4931]

is this gasogienes ?

[@michaelwest1854]

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

[@PreGameler]

Its is the future

[@timothyletwin5911]

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

[@MindCrime550]

In care fuel gauge apparently still functioning.

[@stechanina3631]

MindCrime x

[@joelvercitte2892]

That straight cut gears are awesome

[@dieselgeezer18]

why you grind the gears so much?

[@REVY01]

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

[@tonymaimone1826]

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

[@alk315]

How many cords per mile?

[@richardanderson5109]

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

[@eugeniopolanski2390]

a real life mad scientist, amazing

[@tkeo12]

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

[@midnightdarkchocolate]

Fluxcapacitor Porto Type ⚛️

[@herritrilaksana4095]

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

[@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.

[@HollywoodCreeper]

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

[@jozsefbedocs7100]

Magyarországon ez illegális!

[@SeattlePioneer]

Ummmm. Not ready for prime time.

[@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.

[@antoniopampalone6828]

Bad for car, but good for electricity.

[@5naxalotl]

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

[@charliewestlund9688]

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

[@Jokattehimami]

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

[@surrealengineering7884]

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

[@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.

[@claudineiferreirajorge961]

着せよ。からわ、はあございましたからの?くださいください

[@A3Kr0n]

Step #1: Cut wood on death machine.

[@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

[@LeonEkwall]

Klart det är småläningar haha

[@bigscrewg]

American made, swedish wood powered

[@jorgecruzperez2510]

En argentina usan la basura en vez de madera

[@paulodasilvaandre7808]

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

[@helmermagnusson4094]

med dessa bensinpriser skulle detta vara ett bra alternativ

[@michael970]

Awesome

[@africanelectron751]

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

[@will7its]

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

[@imkereiolbricholbrich504]

die grüne Art Auto zu fahren

[@fauzimachamili1691]

Swap the engine for Drive generator using scrap Wood.

[@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

[@janbolek762]

Super

[@gomesraphael]

É muita cloroquina

[@robervalferreira6838]

Bem bolado e criativo

[@badmofo6462]

Wait what happened

[@gammon1183]

Mad Max meets Pingu 😀 Awesome 😎

[@patrickcannell2258]

WW2 trick as petrol was scarce.

[@sandiste1365]

bravo ! super travail !

[@julianosantos4684]

Carro a lenha

[@joelperillotempra9324]

Wood gas using a pine tree grits

[@nomchowski8297]

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

[@mrlagerin]

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

[@Cristian.1.]

pirolisis?

[@Dino_prf]

Nice

[@chaplieval]

Чё, скоро опять?

[@sosmecanicaemcasamariosilv5976]

Muito interessante

[@shawnstoudt7130]

Methanol is wood gas not ethanol

[@JuhaK71]

You get abt 20-25% of carbon monoxide and 20-25% of hydrogen out of that kind of gasifier. The rest is carbon dioxide, water vapor and other non-flammable gases and vapors. Perthaps a small amount of methane. Anyway, you can run an engine with it, as you can see and they did during the WW2 and many years after.

[@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 📦

[@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

[@mgakatotoytv739]

Wow nice

[@manuelsantos4941]

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

[@mattwoody1089]

Fake

[@JuhaK71]

What is fake?