Hi Alec Cameron, hope you are having a nice day
Sunday, 31 August 1997 08:18:48, Alec Cameron wrote to Jock Rogan
Subject: Heat Engine Electric
 AC> Hi Jock
 AC> On (Friday, 29 August 1997) Jock Rogan wrote to Elvis
 AC> Hargrove...
 AC> A common machine Down Under until the 1940s: technically
 AC> called a Producer Gas engine, and used for wee rural municipal
 AC> generating stations, then during WW2 many autos buses and trucks
 AC> were converted so the petrol engine could be gas fed using a
 AC> furnace on back of the vehicle.
Now this brings back memories. Back in the late '70's when the world was 
running out
of oil (BIG GRIN) and the race was on to make small motors cars, I remember 
seeing this
HUGE American station wagon pull up at a local service station. The chimney 
at the back
struck me as quite odd. I got talking to the bloke who told me he was a 'roo 
shooter
and spent most of his time in the outback. Seemingly he lived in this station
wagon and simple cut wood in the bush to keep this machine running.
Sort of adds a twist to the concept of "HOMEPOWER" doesn't??
 AC> I was then a bowser boy! Clean your windscreen sir??
Most certainly! And are you as good at house windows??
 -=> Yours sincerely, Jock Rogan <=-
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