Yes, luckily regualtions aren’t 100% up to date on woodgas. My Mazda is actually registered in the flexifuel category - gengas/gasoline.
The inspector used documents from WW2 and I actually received one minor remark - I didn’t bring an ash container 
One more reason I haven’t even tried with the Volvo is that the fuel tank is probably too close to the gasifier for their liking. Also, I have no air tight seal between cab and trunk.
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Yes the air tight from the passinger side is not a regulation they had back in WWII years.
But we now have positive air flow ventilation going into cars now. With the CO2 sensors this is a plus also in were the passingers are setting. How hard would be to make it seal up tight. Where is your fuel tank in the Volvo? Behind the back seat? Or under the car?
Bob
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Tut Tut JO, no metal bucket to put your ash? I might get a little coal shovel for cleaning out my pan.
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Pretty complicated. Especially around trunk lid hinges and their spring shocks.
The fuel tank is under the driver’s side back seat. Only inches from the spare tire compartment, where the gasifier sits.
Yeah, that’s Swedish for “Honk, Honk” 
How did you know?
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Nice to hear, do you have bensin/gengas in the papers?
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Yes, I have dual fuel to, highly recomended.
Lot’s easier at inspection. When i registered my Volvo the inspector proudly showed me the documents he had find, i had my own copy that was updated during fuel crisis around 1974, his was stamped 1953. It came up a lot of discussion about for example; which side the fan outlet should point, in the end i was proven right, when his documents was approved, we drive at the other side of the road! 
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Didn’t know that, Tut Tut here is when you suck on your teeth, in the US it’s more common to say tisk tisk.
Reading Winnie The Pooh imprinted on me as a kid when Christopher Robin said “Tut Tut, it looks like rain”
Edit: I just realized the sound might be toot toot for you guys. That also means honk for us, or more of a train horn sound.
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Haha! That’s funny
To our forign readers we should maybe mention that we drove on the left side of the road prior to 1967.
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How many incidences of near misses was there reported the day it change over. I know the Swedish are excellent drivers, so there should of not been any vehicle collisions or fender benders that day it change over.
Bob
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From what I remember reading they stopped everybody on the road and had police orchestrate the move.
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I wasnt born at the time, but what i’ve heard it wasnt to much trouble, But, older people living “in the woods” could cause some trouble, continuing to drive on the left side, read somewhere about one of the last accidents reported 1986! 
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I waited to pop out until 1968 to avoid trouble
Unlike every other countries driving on the left side we always had the steering wheel on the left (right) side for some reason. (Except on buses obviously). I can’t imagine what it would have been like to sit driving next to the ditch.
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Very good vintage 
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Couple of tiny boppers! TomC
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JO, When I jump in my boat the steering wheel is on the Right side or starboard side. We Americans think nothing of it on the water boats going everywhere no set water lanes, but put us on land and whoa wait a minute in a car. Unless you work for the US postal service. lol
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Yes, it’s weird with the inspection, it seems to be very different between the different stations, but it’s well as you say, it’s so old so no one knows what it’s going to be like, luckily,
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I stayed safe and waited to 1980 
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Yes, and after inspection service got privatized, no longer run by the “government”, it got more messy, up to the inspectors to decide whats right or wrong. Not only a bad thing thought. 
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Bummer, you missed growing up when everything was free of charge and young women didn’t bother wearing clothes
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JO, Are these regulations published somewhere? I want to be as safe as I can.
Rindert
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