Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
56 Ford F100 Biodiesel

Location:   Outdoors   

Installed a 2-cycle Detroit Diesel engine from a Navy boat into my 1956 Ford truck. I run it on Biodiesel. It gets over 20 mpg. Truck signals a LED lights that I control with a simple 8051 circuit that I threw together. I have been driving the truck for the past 2 years.

Web site: http://cmeyers.boilerbots.com

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Topic(s): Engineering

Tags: Bio Diesel Truck

About the Maker(s)

Curt Meyers Curt Meyers
I am a robotics engineer working at Willow Garage Inc. We build autonomous vehicles, autonomous boats and personal robotics. In my spare time I build custom vehicles and various other modes of transportation. I have participated in every Battlebot competition and have a small machine shop at home to work on my projects.
http://cmeyers.boilerbots.com

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