# It's A Wood Powered Yugo!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wood-powered-yugo/330510>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 11, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wood-powered-yugo/330510 "2005-11-11T01:39:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wood-powered-yugo/330510/1 "2005-11-11T01:39:10Z")

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[Bwahahahaha!](http://freeweb.deltha.hu/zastava.in.hu/wood-gas.htm)

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> Mr. Anton Peterka along with his team, made his '85 Yugo 45, using wood and coal for fuel. It’s not a new technology, 125 years old. The process is based on incomplete combustion of wood: due to lack of air, gases are created: carbon monoxide, the main fuels, hydrogen and methane. That mixture of gases is as flammable as gasoline fumes. To get the car moving, it is necessary to “fill it up with wood”.

It gets about 1 mile per pound of wood, and has a top speed of 52 MPH!😃 😃 😃 😃

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wood-powered-yugo/330510/2 "2005-11-11T01:42:44Z")

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“My car gets 32 rods to the hogshead, and that’s the way I like it!!!” 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wood-powered-yugo/330510/3 "2005-11-11T01:44:48Z")

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The guy who built the wooden Mercedes better put a lock on his garage.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wood-powered-yugo/330510/4 "2005-11-11T02:30:40Z")

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Reminds me of Abraham Lincoln’s first car.

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wood-powered-yugo/330510/5 "2005-11-11T03:27:31Z")

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Finally, someone improves the Yugo!