The ‘Womble Truck’ vs The ‘Car-Puccino’

• May. 4 by Laura Hogan (0)

The ‘Womble Truck’ is the newest vehicle to be created that runs purely on household goods.

The vehicle, made up of 21 different cars runs on chip fat and vegetable oil, but still reaches speeds of 110mph.

Created by environmentalist Buzz Knapp-Fisher from Pembrokeshire, the ‘Womble Truck’ is named after the famous television series, in which the characters collected and recycled rubbish to make inventions.

The Sciency Bit

Made up of a Morris 1000, a Reliant Robin, a Vauxhall Viva and many other cars, the ‘Womble Truck’ only cost £250 to purchase.  Mr Knapp-Fisher began the vehicle’s environmental makeover by replacing the engine with a bio-diesel engine before converting the car to run entirely on chip fat.

Speaking of the vehicle, Mr Knapp-Fisher says, ‘I rigged up a system where I could run straight chip fat.  If the temperature is high enough then it will start and run entirely on chip fat’.

Future

The next step for Buzz Knapp-Fisher is to create an electric art car.  He’s already bought the battery and with the help of his non-profit company ‘Guardian Angels’, Mr Knapp-Fisher aims to prove to people that you don’t need oil to move.

Car-Puccino

Mr Knapp-Fisher’s ‘Womble Truck’ isn’t a far cry from the recent ‘Car-Puccino’ created by the BBC’s ‘Bang Goes the Theory’ team.  The team created a car that ran purely on used coffee grounds, which converted heat energy to hydrogen gas.

The ‘Car-Puccino’ travelled from London to Manchester and was due to stop off at Birmingham’s ThinkTank; however a breakdown on the M6 meant the ‘Car-Puccino’ missed it’s Birmingham date.