The apparently when they did the biodiesel conversion on the their 1989 Ford Iveco Cargo they changed the badges to Toyota ones. Oh and the body too.

Ohhhh that explains it. I was wondering how that happened.

Somewhere, Willy Wonka is smiling.

The pictured Toyota Land Cruiser was carried by the Ford:
(Apparently it was also converted to run on B100)

Man, that's some some delish (and expensive) biodiesel!

@Mad_Science: Great now I look like a jerk. On the internet!

On a serious note thank you, that picture makes a lot more sense.

What an excuse to move to Switzerland!

I'm still finishing up my van made entirely of marijuana for the Timbuktu-B.F.E. stage rally. It's fueled by methane and burritos.

Burritos indirectly, I'd assume.

i am confuzed over and over

BIODIESEL runs in ANY diesel car
SVO ( straight vegetable oil ) has to have a converted engine
WVO ( waste veg oil, which i ran my kids benz 240D on)
has to have a conveted engine AND some good filters...

and what the fuck is a biodiesel processing plant?
all you do is add some stuff to oil, let it settle , and diesels can run it

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Vegetable oil can be used as diesel fuel just as it is, without being converted to biodiesel.

The downside is that straight vegetable oil (SVO) is much more viscous (thicker) than conventional diesel fuel or biodiesel, and it doesn't burn the same in the engine -- many studies have found that it can damage engines.

BUT it can be done properly and safely -- IF you get a professional engine conversion. (See below.)

There are other approaches, here are the main ones:

Just put it in and go.

Mix it with diesel fuel or kerosene then just put it in and go.

Blend it with an organic solvent additive or with what some companies call "our secret ingredient that we'll tell you about if you pay us" (several versions) or with up to 20% gasoline (petrol), just put it in and go.

The only way to use veg-oil is in a properly installed two-tank system where the oil is pre-heated and you start up and shut down on diesel fuel (or biodiesel).
We've never had much time for Nos. 1 to 3 (more below), and we've had a two-tank SVO kit for a couple of years that pre-heats the oil and switches the fuel, but we never used it. They do work, but we just didn't think it solved the problem very well, and the more we learnt about it the more we didn't think so. (More about two-tank SVO systems.)

Along with many others, especially in Europe, we think pre-heating the oil is still not enough to ensure that it will combust properly inside the engine. It needs a complete system including specially made injector nozzles and glow plugs optimised for veg-oil, such as the professional single-tank SVO kits from Germany. Then you really can just put it in and go.

In March 2005 we installed a single-tank SVO system from Elsbett Technologie in our TownAce (1990 Toyota TownAce 1.9-litre 4-cyl turbo-diesel 4x4 van). The kit includes modified injector nozzles, stronger glow plugs, dual fuel heating, temperature controls and parallel fuel filters, and it does just what it claims to do.

There's no waiting or switching fuels from one to the other, just start up and go, stop and switch off, like any other car. It starts easily and runs cleanly from the start, even at sub-freezing temperatures. It can use SVO or biodiesel or petro-diesel or any combination of the three.

The professional single-tank SVO kits are the only SVO kits we recommend. Read on and we'll tell you why. We'll tell you about the other available options too.

@wheels OF satan: Wow, I was just reading up on these issues at the Frybrid site this afternoon. (I've been thinking about a making a greasel 300D one of these days, and obvs there's more to it than just dumping used french fry grease into the fuel tank.) I might have to talk to you someday.

Wouldn't this be a flatbed truck and not a van?

@lascauxcaveman:
sure no problem
old benz is the best for this...

and the web sites are a great resource
basically run it on a two tank system, and you should be good for years of operation..
and it really is dirt cheap!

get a few 100 micron, and 10 micron filter bags, and dump the oil through one, then the other
they will save you untold grief by not having crud in the tank...
once my built-in-gas-tank filter plugged up

then you can use a heated filter-- I ihad a DAYCO one with both electric and coolant heat ( ~$250)-- and should be good to go

using the two tank system is good, because the used oil sitting in the fuel injection system can corrode the parts ( it goes acidic when cooked)
so the diesel sits on the parts for 22 hours a day, and the grease for 2 hours a day when running -- and the diesel starts better in the winter...

use canola oil... i used baja taco
let the stuff settle for a week and any water will separate out...

@lascauxcaveman: It's more work, but I think the smarter investment is to construct your own biodiesel processor and make B100, not convert the car.

The fuel you make can be used in any diesel, as opposed to the SVO or WVO kit you add to the car, which is pretty much then a part of the car.

Don't start using B100 all at once - you have to taper into it, as it will crack all the schmutz and stuff loose and clog filters if you jump in cold.