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Subject:Re: alcohol fuel
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:58:11 -0600

There was never any doubt that vehicles would run on alcohol. I raced
inboard hydroplanes on alcohol, indy cars run on alcohol and Dean Martin
ran on alcohol for many years.

Stan Wilder

On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:58:25 +0000 Paul Mayfield
<paulmayfield@EARTHLINK.NET> writes:
> I experimented with alcohol yesterday.
>
> 1 gal of denatured ethanol : 4 gal gas
>
> ran great, no difference in drivabiliy.
> emissions numbers were incredibly low  ;-)
>
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> on 12/28/01 3:19 PM, Automatic digest processor at
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM wrote:
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> > Date:    Fri, 28 Dec 2001 05:48:15 EST
> > From:    Tom Stone <TStone8359@AOL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: Fuel with water back please
> >
> > In a message dated 12/27/01 1:30:12 PM Central Standard Time,
> > wilden1@JUNO.COM writes:
> >
> >
> >> I was also wondering
> >> it my Westy would run on the Coleman Lantern fuel in case I
> drained off
> >> too much.
> >>
> > For the record, it will run on Coleman fuel.  Saved a long walk
> for me
> > several times in the last 35 years.
> >
> > Tom
> > '71 Westy, '85 Westy, '91 Carat
>
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