bigstraight6 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 At a car show today I got talking to the owner of this Vauxhall HS Chevette who happened to be a retired engineer and has done a hydrogen conversion on this car, it still runs on petrol but his conversion which included a glass container of electrified water does the rest as demonstrated when he turned on the ignition! He did seem rather like the Doc from ‘Back to the future’ I love eccentricity! bicycle repairman, Isopon, Dan_ZTT and 17 others 16 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Surely this is the answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 "The car of the future! .... is a 1979 Chevette!" Tadhg Tiogar, Austat, Stanky and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Presumably it can do 88mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Presumably it can do 88mph. Let's see if you bastards can do ninety! Billy - Medhurst, LightBulbFun, GrumpiusMaximus and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EML Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 And what a car to convert to that witchcraft. At least it wasn't a Delorian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Presumably it can do 88mph. Anything can do 88 if you drop it from high enough! Not that Chevette tho it's rather nice. PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Quick Marty! We need to generate the 1.21 jigawatts before the Chevette rusts away to nothing! GrumpiusMaximus and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Just need a microbus full of terrorists to speed it up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Apart from the glaring miscalculation in that the energy drawn by the alternator in producing the Hydrogen is far greater than the energy created from burning it. it was a conversion that was sold a few years back and was fairly well publicised as a leap forward in reducing emissions - it showed great promise until someone did the figures. Grossly inefficient it may be, I still like the idea though. Saabnut, Dan_ZTT, RayMK and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 It bet it goes like a bomb! 😂 martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradders59 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Oh that engine bay brings back memories. Mudflaps are hideous though. Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 https://www.hho-plus.com/hho-en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Bradders59 said: Mudflaps are hideous though. Std Issue, in the rough! Catch a few Irish Tarmac vids..... *agree = learry Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Donor candidate..Lightweight Highland Special..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Theres this coal powered one too, presumably doing something similar? https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=605776163179885&_rdr EML 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradders59 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 9 hours ago, tooSavvy said: Std Issue, in the rough! Catch a few Irish Tarmac vids..... *agree = learry Dont need the videos. Watched them on tarmac rallies in Ireland and I.OM. while driving my own HS down the lanes to leapfrog to the next good spectator stage. Mudflaps were indeed in use on rough surfaces, but never seen red ones before. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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