Hemmings Daily: Pair of wood gas-powered Ford trucks at auction combine classics with apocalypse readiness

While the Den Hartogh Museum in the Netherlands might have boasted the largest private collection of prewar Fords, the full list of vehicles heading to auction now that the museum has closed reveals that it also contained one of the most diverse collections of prewar Fords, running the gamut from stock cars and trucks to coachbuilt beauties to unusual conversions, including a pair of trucks modified to run on wood. Under the right conditions, burning wood will produce sufficient quantities of wood gas -- a combin [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Friday, June 15, 2018 [Pair of wood gas-powered Ford trucks at auction combine classics with apocalypse readiness]( [Pair of wood gas-powered Ford trucks at auction combine classics with apocalypse readiness]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - While the Den Hartogh Museum in the Netherlands might have boasted the largest private collection of prewar Fords, the full list of vehicles heading to auction now that the museum has closed reveals that it also contained one of the most diverse collections of prewar Fords, running the gamut from stock cars and trucks to coachbuilt beauties to unusual conversions, including a pair of trucks modified to run on wood. Under the right conditions, burning wood will produce sufficient quantities of wood gas -- a combin... 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