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[ttyymmnn]

Japanese Surrender, August-September 1945. Street scene showing a charcoal burning converted automobile in a town in Japan. Photographed by USS Chenango (CVE 28), released October 24, 1945.

[BicycleBuck]

@ttyymmnn

That's my plan for transportation during the apocalypse. Wood gas.

https://worksthatwork.com/6/cars-that-run-on-wood

[RamblinRover]

@ttyymmnn I assume a GI added the lettering? Very odd.
Wish I could make out what the first word is.

[ranwhenparked]

@ramblinrover Possibly, but I believe the Japanese interest in English for signage and branding does predate WWII

[RamblinRover]

@ranwhenparked It wasn't even the first thing that grabbed my interest in the picture, oddly enough. I was struck by the look of the artillery wheels.
Kind of like these - elegant:

[ttyymmnn]

@ramblinrover

I’ll see if I can find the higher res original.

[ttyymmnn]

@ramblinrover

Found the higher res original, but it's no help.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/22843479373/in/dateposted/

[DuckDuckGreyDuck]

@ttyymmnn about 1/2 south of Rochester, MN there is the tiny town of Fountain (population 410 if the bar's full) where the tiny Fillmore County Historical Center museum is located. In this museum they have a 70's Ford truck that some local guy converted to run on wood gas and drove for years. I think his family donated it to the museum when he passed away. I unfortunately don't have a photo. They also have an Opel GT in their collection too.

[fintail]

@ttyymmnn I believe this is a MY 1936 GM intermediate sedan, possibly an Olds. These gas conversions were also popular in Europe at the time.

[Skyfire77]

@fintail There's a a Reddit thread from a few years ago for the same pic, and one user thinks it's a '36 Ford Model 68.

[fintail]

@skyfire77 Interesting. It's 110% not a Ford (not that it matters), I'd literally bet my life on it.

[Skyfire77]

@fintail Well, they agree on the year, at least. I defer to you guys on cars, I'm generally clueless on vehicles w/o wings.