first flex-fuel vehicle

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  1. w_o_t_boy
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    from Wikipedia:

    Historically, the first widely-sold flexible-fuel vehicle in the United States was a variant of Henry Ford's Model T intended for use by self-reliant farmers who could make their own ethanol. Surprisingly, it is capable even to this day of running on E85, or gasoline, as it was designed to operate on either ethanol or gasoline, at the user's choice. Henry Ford's subsequent 1927 Model A likewise was an early flex fuel vehicle. It, however, eased the driver's method of accommodating various blends of ethanol and gasoline through a driver's control on the dash with a knob that was turned to control air fuel mixture and pulled to choke the single-barrel Zenith carburetor. This dash-mounted control provided easy control of all the major adjustments required for easily burning ethanol and gasoline in varying proportions, including enough range for burning today's E85 blend of ethanol and gasoline.
     
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    I just dropped a load of fuel in the toilet. And I assure you, it is more than flexible.
     
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    Whoops, wrong website.
     
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    LOL! P00P on W00T.
     
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    wall of tvs is hungry for ****
     
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    lmao!

    Lean it out and get mo' powa, y0! :laugh:
     
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