GAS-L: Wood Burning Cars in WWII France

["Brian J. Underhill" <pequeno@teleport.com>]

Greetings all,

I'm an author and game designer working with Steve Jackson Games on a
roleplaying sourcebook for WWII France entitled RETURN TO HONOR
(http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/ww2/returntohonor/).

In the course of the project, I'm trying to find information on the old
wood-burning civilian cars found largely in the Occupation zone (and
elsewhere at times). Any information you might be able to provide, or
sources you could point me to, would be very helpful.

Specifically, I'm interested in things like:


	How much additional weight did a wood-burning contraption add?

	What kind of mileage (fuel economy) did a wood-burning vehicle get (i.e.,
how many pounds/kilos of wood per mile/km)?

	Could a wood-burning unit be added to just any car? Were some cars better
suited to it than others?

	Was wet or dry wood better? How small did it have to be to burn? Chunks,
sticks, twigs, chips?

	How difficult was it to build such a unit from scratch? What kind of
skills/tools were needed?


While the book deals specifically with France in WWII, *any* information on
wood-burning vehicles will be helpful. I can't imagine that wood-burners in
other parts of the world were that much different from those in France. It
is, however, important that the material be specific to the 1940s.

Thanks in advance. Hope to hear from someone soon. :)

Brian



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