Fat to Fuel : The North-Grand Veggie Oil Vehicle: The car we will be converting

Sunday, March 9, 2008

The car we will be converting

This is the 1980 Mercedes Benz 300TD Wagon we have purchased and will be converting to run on waste vegetable oil (WVO).

It runs well, but needs a little work on the suspension and has a bit of rust on the underside.

3 comments:

javiersanta said...: This car is cool i hope thsi will be the car of the future cause like that there will be less pollution and more energy will be save thanks Mr.cantor for doin this afterschool program possible

By:Angel Santa; March 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM
Anonymous said...: Cool car!; March 14, 2008 at 8:14 AM
Anonymous said...: i want to drive the veggie car!!!!!; April 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM

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The Fat to Fuel Veggie Vehicle

We have converted a 1980 Mercedes Benz 300 TurboDiesel car to run on waste vegetable oil. This green energy biofuel project would not have been possible without help from the following people and organizations. BP's A+ for Energy grant is funding our project. Pete Probst from Chicago Biofuels is a car conversion expert and he helped us each step of the way. Chad Bliss from the Cob Connection helped us with the community building and urban agriculture aspects of our project. After School Matters provided funding to enhance the program and provide stipends to many of the involved students. This work would not have been possible without strong support from our principal, Dr. Ayala the help of the students, faculty, engineering and custodial staff and administration of North-Grand HS. We especially want to thank Mr. Jose DeLaGarza one of our building engineers who took a special interest in our project and helped us improve the Oil Filtration system in so many ways. Thank you.

Fat to Fuel The North-Grand Veggie Vehicle

North-Grand HS teacher Phillip Cantor received a grant from the BP corporation to work with North-Grand students to modify a diesel vehicle to run on recycled vegetable oil from local restaurants. We have purchased a 1980 Mercedes Benz 300 TD station wagon and have modified it to run on waste vegetable oil (WVO.) We have also built a waste oil filtration unit to make the oil usable in the car's diesel engine. We are learning about energy, alternative energy sources, urban agriculture and other related topics as well. If you would like to contact us please e-mail Mr. Phil Cantor at mr.cantor@gmail.com .

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The car we will be converting

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