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Here are folks who I work with to keep on Greasin'
with. Matt and I have set up a pretty cool "GreaseGrotto" where the 2 of
us do all our veggie oil collecting, filtering, and fueling.
Send me a little story & info with some pictures
so I can include your WVO profiles
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Fryer Tuck
My first vehicle using a Conversion Kit for WVO Fuel is the ole' '83
Mercedes Benz 240D with 222,480 miles on it. I installed a GreaseCar.com conversion 11/4/2004.
'83
Mercedes Benz 240D |
Roy Harvey - Bothell, WA
I wanted to do something positive for the environment, positive for the
global economy, and my economy. I read about others achieving this goal
by running their cars on WVO. It was intriguing, but I knew nobody personally
doing it. We chose to try and really do something and picked
alternative fuel. Read our story:
Roy & Dee - Saving
the World 1 French Fry at a Time - Praise the
Lard
In the end, I had to bite the bullet and stop talking about it and started
just doing things, buying things to make me get started. After much research we bought a greasecar.com kit - installed it in the '83 Benz and we took our first drive on grease on November 4, 2004.
To help locate & help others of like mind, I made this web site and
started a support group - a coop to help each other achieve the goal of
using waste veggie oil for fuel. I have since owned several vehicles and
use Bio-Diesel and/or WVO in them all. |
Second & current Frybrid/Hybrid
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My next Grease Car was a '87
Mercedes SDL . There is too much info to share on this page, so click the link to read all the details about the car and the
Frybrid/Hybrid Grease4Fuel system being used. Man, this was the most awesome car I've ever owned. It really is a luxury ride - and running on WVO ! Awesome.
I have sold this awesome Frybrid Mercedes. I replaced it with the car below: |
Passat from Germany |
This is the third personal WVO car. With dogs & the need to haul stuff all the time, Dee and I decided that as much as we loved the Mercedes SDL, a station wagon would fit our needs much better. I finally found and bought a '96 VW Passat Wagon TDI and again installed a Frybrid kit into. Like the Mercedes, there is more to share than fits in this section. For lots of details see:
'96 VW Passat TDi Wagon Frybrid/Hybrid Roy Harvey - Bothell, WA
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Nicholas Weighall is a Pro-Bicycle rider with a passionate concern for our environment. Nick has built his own WVO conversion on an older 240D which he drove for a little over a year. He recently (January 2011), purchased and custom installed another WVO conversion into this nice ole Mercedes Wagon. Click pic or See Nick's story. |
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I have a Rust bucket '82 Toyota Diesel and found a donor '87 Toyota parts truck. Now I need to decide which direction to swap parts. Remove the Rusty parts from the '82 and put on the newer '87 parts - Or- Swap the Diesel engine from the '82 into the newer '87 body. See: Story Roy Harvey - Bothell, WA |
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Matt & Laura
Mill Creek Residents |
1998 Mercedes Benz E300 Turbo Diesel
"Uma"
This is our wonderful new Mercedes Benz "Uma". She is a Amazon Green 1998
Mercedes E300 Turbo Diesel. Running Custom FryBrid Kit.
See details at
http://www.turbofroggy.com/e300.htm |
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Dulane
(Dee), Crist
I am very excited about the future of biofuels in Washington. Alternate
energy sources in general fascinate me. I'm really looking forward to
getting to know more folks who are doing similar things, and using their
brains and skills toward hopeful pursuits!
Pics of the new to me VW Caddy Diesel that gets 45 mpg coming soon. |
Bothell, WA
I started off with an 83 Peugeot wagon. It has been sucking B100 since
June. It has been well cared for, and seems really solid. I hope it has
many good miles left on it. It gets around 25 miles to the gallon consistently.
I went to Kinkos and had them make a large Biodiesel sign to put across
the back window. It also says War Not Required. I hope it doesn't piss
folks off, but instead makes them think about using a green source of
energy that would support our local agriculture, and keep our kids out
of foreign wars. Shortly after I got my Peugeot, I had to take it in for
an emissions test. I was worried, because if this old car gets too expensive,
I might have trouble continuing my environmental experiment into biodiesel.
But, when I took it to the Lynnwood emissions location, it blew Zero -0-
emissions. All the guys who were working came over and watched the machine.
It blew zero twice! They explained that petroleum diesel creates large
particulates (ashes?), and that the biodiesel created smaller particulates
that didn't even register on their metering devices. I don't think they
even test for C02.
I have since sold the Peugeot (it was just a bigger,
heavier car than I really wanted), I bought a VW Rabbit that was perfect,
but my daughter Sonya talked me out of it and now she is into the alternative
fuels club.
I did finally find a really cute VW Caddy Pickup. I love this
Caddy. Running BioDiesel now and may use this car for a WVO conversion
Kit.
Dulane |
Sonya Shaller
Pic coming soon
Currently in Belgium |
Bellingham WA
1980 VW Rabbit
Grease Car Conversion by
Josh Harvey
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