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hydrolastic

(536 posts)
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 10:46 PM Jan 2024

An idea for what to do with Classic cars [View all]

So I am a car guy. I have a bunch of them. my wife tolerates them very well. All British some are just parts some are finished restored. I have a old mini that is literally thousands of hours worth of work.
I see the writing on the wall. We are transitioning to electric and even I approve of it. There will be a time (soon) where just starting a gasoline internal combustion engine will be offensive to some. I could try and do a electric conversion but really I have a fondness for reciprocating parts.
What about Alcohol ? I could do a conversion to my MG that only gets a couple hundred mile a year at the most. Ten gallons. it could be 20 dollars a gallon. That's still only a couple hundred dollars. From what I understand alcohol is a 9 to one mixture I am sure I could convert a carb to work and do the distributer modifications. I would like to think that this is a good idea since it would keep the cars running but you could still enjoy how a classic car drives. Yes I understand that it's still burning a fuel but I do know its a lot cleaner than gasoline. tell me what you think ! Your my test subjects. Hydro

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