£70 Adaptor Will Drop Running Costs Gas experts claim that Britain can save millions of gallons of petrol for her fuel-hungry army, navy, and air force....by fixing adaptors to Britain's 500,000 Road Transport vehicles, says the "Sunday Dispatch." from. petrol to coal gas. Five-ton These adaptors would switch engines
vehicles could be driven 300 miles on cwt. of coal—a saving of 50 per cent, on petrol costs.
Last week one firm had 500 inquiries for portable gas adaptors.
Mr. M. H. Godfrey, head of the firm, said:—"Inquiries come from all parts of Britain, not only from owners of commercial vehicles but private car owners as well" The London Passenger Transport Board which will be badly hit, by petro! rationing, is also interested. Extensive experiments are being made by their research mechanics.
Captain Bernard Acworth, nephew of the late Sir William Acworth, the transport authority, believes that gas adaptors will become general. He! said:—"Adapting vehicles would cost jonly about £70 or £80 each Britain could make adaptors very quickly—in tens of thousands."
There are two ways of running an internal combustion engine on gas. They are:—1. Town gas—carrying cylinders of compressed gas. This is suitable for all heavy town traffic where there are facilities for com-
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