I see a lot of city vehicles that have been converted. They are usually
used in local stop and go type stuff.
The conversion kits have been around for at least 20 years. Back in the
early 80s when I worked in a large indoor warehouse, they had small tractors
converted to propane for indoor usage. The reasoning was that the emissions
were cleaner.
A quick google search using "propane conversion from gasoline" turned up the
following link:
http://www.afdc.doe.gov/documents/cn12.html
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: Norah Bleazard <dml@bleazard.net>
To: DML <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Monday, May 24, 2004 2:20 PM
Subject: DML: Propane powered Dakota
>
>I was downloading the pics in my James Bond spy cam, and I found some pics
I
>tried to take of a Dak that was traveling the highway beside us. It was a
>Dak Gen 3 CC with a decal on the tailgate that said it was fueled by
>propane. Has anyone else seen this? I wonder how difficult the conversion
>would be, how much it would cost to convert, and what kind of mileage they
>got. I'm just sorry the pics didn't turn out well enough to share. I was
>pouring rain and we just couldn't get close enough to him in the next
lane.
>
>Norah Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Burlington, Ontario
>hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black (Black Diamond)
>prev: '98 Dakota Sport 4x4, 5.2 V8, Auto, Club Cab, black (Black Widow)
>prev: '95 Dakota Sport 4x2, 3.9 V6, Auto, Club Cab, black (Black Ice)
>prev: '93 Dakota Sport 4x2, 3.9 V6, Auto, Club Cab, electric blue
>(Enterprise)
>his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white (White Knight)
>ours: '96 Dakota - Golden Retriever
>
>
>
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