# History **URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/c/history/21.md [Latest](http://forum.driveonwood.com/latest.md) · [Categories](http://forum.driveonwood.com/categories.md) · [Tags](http://forum.driveonwood.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the History category](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/about-the-history-category/86)
**Author:** [@Chris](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/about-the-history-category/86 "2015-03-01T20:44:57Z")
Discussions about the rich history of wood gasification, from the town gas days of 1900, through the war years in Europe, when a milion cars and trucks ran on wood power. Also includes the woodgas revival in the 1970s an… --- ## [The Bern Gasifier](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/the-bern-gasifier/8678)
**Author:** [@liljoey100](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/liljoey100)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/the-bern-gasifier/8678 "2026-09-17T12:29:17Z")
Hello, I write to update my threads an let everyone know I finally made it out on vaccation for the first time in six years, I’m in Switzerland! You should know that as I write this I’m relax in the finest hotel and spa … --- ## [Picture gallery...cars, trucks , gasifiers, older and newer history](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/picture-gallery-cars-trucks-gasifiers-older-and-newer-history/7597)
**Author:** [@giorgio](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/giorgio)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 11:55am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/picture-gallery-cars-trucks-gasifiers-older-and-newer-history/7597 "2026-04-02T11:55:56Z")
gasified alfa romeo at ventimiglia rallye… --- ## [Motorcycles with gasifiers](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/motorcycles-with-gasifiers/6332)
**Author:** [@giorgio](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/giorgio)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 2:44am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/motorcycles-with-gasifiers/6332 "2025-05-05T02:44:00Z")
here some pictures found in the net from historic motocycles with gasifiers… --- ## [Real or fake?](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/real-or-fake/798)
**Author:** [@kd0agb](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/kd0agb)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 3:43am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/real-or-fake/798 "2025-01-10T03:43:08Z")
From the TV series Combat COMBAT! s.2 ep.14: “Thunder from the Hill” (1963) --- ## [Woodgas in unexpected places](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/woodgas-in-unexpected-places/8105)
**Author:** [@NonProfit](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/NonProfit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 2:57am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/woodgas-in-unexpected-places/8105 "2025-01-10T02:57:09Z")
I like weird cars, and there are none weirder than microcars…unofficially defined as small cars with engines less than 700cc (43 cu in), although many were 250cc or less. To put this all in perspective, the original V… --- ## [Soviet gasifier vehicles in 1923-1959 | Documentary | Part 2](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/soviet-gasifier-vehicles-in-1923-1959-documentary-part-2/7704)
**Author:** [@Serg](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Serg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 6:39am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/soviet-gasifier-vehicles-in-1923-1959-documentary-part-2/7704 "2024-02-25T06:39:27Z")
I translated the second episode of the documentary “Soviet Wood Gas Cars”. It tells the story of the scientist who created the fastest wood-burning car in the world and the attempts to mass-produce it. --- ## [Imbert's Legacy](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/imberts-legacy/7275)
**Author:** [@Serg](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Serg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/imberts-legacy/7275 "2023-04-20T13:55:50Z")
Evaluate how it turned out and I also invite you to discuss in the gasifier enthusiasts club --- ## [Early wood gasifier from Australia](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/early-wood-gasifier-from-australia/762)
**Author:** [@Madness](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Madness)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/early-wood-gasifier-from-australia/762 "2023-03-30T20:19:09Z")
My grand fathers cousin Kurt Johannsen was a very clever man who invented many things. This included the Self Tracking Road Train as used today in outback Australia and his truck “Big Bertha” is in the Australian Nationa… --- ## [Gasifier riché Henri](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gasifier-riche-henri/6181)
**Author:** [@f\_pal](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/f_pal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2021, 6:40am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gasifier-riche-henri/6181 "2021-12-12T06:40:31Z")
you can discover the gasifier of Mr. Henri Riché, in 1900, in France, it was the most efficient, and I disclose to you a modern autimatic version, the top container receives the pieces of wood and distils them, betw… --- ## [The history of wood gas car in the USSR. Documentary](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/the-history-of-wood-gas-car-in-the-ussr-documentary/5964)
**Author:** [@Serg](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Serg)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/the-history-of-wood-gas-car-in-the-ussr-documentary/5964 "2021-09-14T19:08:54Z")
The history of wood cas car in the USSR. Documentary. Collected by me from 600 Soviet books and 13 magazines. For English, turn on subtitles. This is the first part of the film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIkLp5N… --- ## [Centenary film wood gas car (documentary)](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/centenary-film-wood-gas-car-documentary/5854)
**Author:** [@Serg](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Serg)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 3:22am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/centenary-film-wood-gas-car-documentary/5854 "2021-05-25T03:22:43Z")
The film is dedicated to the golden century of gas-powered vehicles. I did it today. Try turning on subtitles. https://youtu.be/QDroD2gagLI --- ## [Gohin Poulenc](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gohin-poulenc/642)
**Author:** [@f\_pal](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/f_pal)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/gohin-poulenc/642 "2020-02-24T18:41:28Z")
Gasifier Gohin Poulenc --- ## [cogénération](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/cogeneration/378)
**Author:** [@f\_pal](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/f_pal)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/cogeneration/378 "2015-03-24T20:30:50Z")
hello, I am very happy to find your site in people as crazy as us Europeans, but it is we who in the sum Veritee, enclosed a picture of a generator fonçonnant a gas generator and at the same time factory heat (cogenerati… --- ## [Old gas-mixture / carburators](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/old-gas-mixture-carburators/1027)
**Author:** [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/old-gas-mixture-carburators/1027 "2014-01-15T15:55:34Z")
I did collect these pictures from the internet. Nice for learning. What intrigues me is the fact that most of these devices adjust their air to gas mixture the same time as they use the throttle. Most of these picture… --- ## [WWII era woodgas tractor](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/wwii-era-woodgas-tractor/779)
**Author:** [@Madness](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Madness)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/wwii-era-woodgas-tractor/779 "2013-05-05T14:55:11Z")
Here is video of a Lanz Bulldog tractor with a Imbert Gasifier. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST7eDSIdwWU The engine is a single cylinder 2 stroke semi Diesel which relied on a hot bulb for ignition. To start the tract… --- ## [WWII Feedstock](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/wwii-feedstock/711)
**Author:** [@toddt58](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/toddt58)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 5:06am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/wwii-feedstock/711 "2013-03-17T05:06:29Z")
What was the typical fuel of cars powered by gasifiers in Europe during WWII? I’ve heard charcoal and I’ve heard coal. Someone (at a biomass conference somewhere) told me they regulated their charcoal/coal quality contro… --- ## [Soot build up in intake](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/soot-build-up-in-intake/661)
**Author:** [@rmathewson](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/rmathewson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/soot-build-up-in-intake/661 "2013-02-10T20:55:51Z")
was this a problem back in WW11 it just seam like a motor tear down every two thousand was something they wouldnot do. i see everyone is using pvc i was wondering if you are geting a static charge and maybe if so reve… --- ## [1939 report, all about gasifiers for transportation, very detailed](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/1939-report-all-about-gasifiers-for-transportation-very-detailed/590)
**Author:** [@spaco](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/spaco)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 2:37am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/1939-report-all-about-gasifiers-for-transportation-very-detailed/590 "2012-12-21T02:37:00Z")
I found this 40-some page report back in 1973: It was written by the British as wwii was approaching, because GB hadn’t gotten into gasification like the rest of Europe had. I Think the tax laws on vehicles discourag…