Because a old gasoline or ethanol truck is rare and expensive here most of trucks here are diesels and my VW Beetle is too unpowered for the conversion, but i need study how i will do this conversion and save money for the car and tools for this conversion, so what do you think guys???
If you can find bumper receiver hitch kits for the car you could use that to hold a cargo rack to place the gasifier and filter box. Then you can have the gasifier without losing storage space or requiring pulling a trailer. If you are having issues finding the right words just write it out in Portuguese and we can run it through a translator.
Is the trunk separate from the cabin area? My main concern would be Carbon Monoxide leaking into the cabin and asphyxiating you or a passenger. Preferably something flame retardant. Also bear in mind where your gasoline tank is. Unless you intend to run entirely on wood or charcoal then you could remove the fuel tank to save weight. Example of the trunk being separate from the cabin would be something like the old Chevrolet Nova II, they had a steel wall between the back seat and trunk.
In my Buick Century however the back seat is the separation from the trunk and CO could leak into the cabin area. I would need to seal it off with another wall. You could also just put in a layer between the back seat and the trunk area, unless you want the extra space behind the front seats. Would be more storage for fuel without the back seats. Also if you do add the wall, I would put these on your side mirrors so you can still see behind you. I have them on all my vehicles regardless.
I think you be better off with the 2. My Mazda pickup has a wore out 2 liter engine, 80 horsepower when it was brand new. With a little compact car I think his acceleration will be better than my pickup. I am not all that educated on the power from charcoal, Maybe he would be OK with the little i. Are there a lot of these cars in service or in junk yards. That would be my major decision point.
