Tony,
Nah, I don't think so. For starters, they would be hard to start in cold
weather. On second thought, in the winter it is too cold here to drive
roadsters anyway. Hmm, maybe not such as bad idea after all. I don't know
enough about diesels but I would imagine that the power just is not there.
Would a, say, twin-turbo diesel V8 have sufficient power to complete with a
+8? BTW, in my previous post I mentioned 200 gallon fuel tanks. These are
Imperial gallons (1.25 US gallon, I believe) and are located in the basement
of the house. I did not intend to suggest that people strap these things
onto the roof of their (diesel) powered cars. That would be a bit obvious.
Chuck Vandergraaf
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> From: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.[SMTP:ldmcjr@zebra.net]
> Reply To: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.
> Sent: March 23, 1999 10:31 PM
> To: Vandergraaf, Chuck; Morgan Mailing List
> Subject: Re: purple gas (was: What was the purpose of running
> boards?)
>
> Another way to avoid road tax is to use a diesel-powered engine
> > and use heating fuel oil, which is basically kerosene. This is very
> > tempting because sources of diesel fuel are not very common around here
> and
> > those who still heat their homes with fuel oil have 200 gallon tanks in
> > their basement and you can drive a lot with one tank full.
> >
> > Chuck Vandergraaf (who really has to get back to work now)
> > '52 +4
> > Pinawa, MB
> >
>
> Chuck, are you implying that you want a diesel-powered Morgan? :>)
>
> Tony
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