# Making my simple fire gasifier

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**Created:** [September 3, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-my-simple-fire-gasifier/7477 "2023-09-03T12:35:34Z")
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### Author: ![sbowman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sbowman](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/sbowman)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2023, 12:30am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-my-simple-fire-gasifier/7477/107 "2023-09-22T00:30:35Z")

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Brian,  
This might interest you, too, if you haven’t already seen it.

> [@Toyota Corolla Charcoal Vehicle Gasifier Project](https://forum.driveonwood.com/t/toyota-corolla-charcoal-vehicle-gasifier-project/3777):
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> When I was a teenager in the 60’s, the movie “The Longest Hundred Miles” sparked a life-long interest in powering gasoline engines with wood. Part of the movie story line involved the use of WWII era charcoal gasification technology to power an old bus enabling a priest, a group of orphans and two American soldiers to escape advancing Japanese soldiers. I was intrigued by the novel source of fuel, but figured that it was probably a Hollywood creation. My dad, however, who was watching the movie …

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