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Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline
Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline

Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline

Date3/10/1970
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  • Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline. It cuts down air pollution.
  • Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline
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Original Toronto Star caption: Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline. It cuts down air pollution.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010904F
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      Alternative fuel: Pat DiFonzo, left, president of Alternative Fuel Systems Ltd., and employee Gian Luigi Turci show parts used to convert car from gasoline to propane.
      Alternative fuel: Pat DiFonzo, left, president of Alternative Fuel Systems Ltd., and employee Gian Luigi Turci show parts used to convert car from gasoline to propane.
      Goode, Jeff
      7/17/1980
      World's cleanest Fuel: A tank filled with hydrogen instead of gasoline was displayed in 1984 in a car trunk at a former University of Toronto institute for hydrogen studies
      World's cleanest Fuel: A tank filled with hydrogen instead of gasoline was displayed in 1984 in a car trunk at a former University of Toronto institute for hydrogen studies
      Spremo, Boris
      7/13/1984
      Tanks dominate skyline, Gasoline and oil storage tanks, some complete, others in course of construction, have already been erected on the site of the (...)
      Tanks dominate skyline, Gasoline and oil storage tanks, some complete, others in course of construction, have already been erected on the site of the (...)
      British American Oil
      11/1/1941
      Twisted tracks at maple were left by propane explosions in night of terror, Tank in background, its flames now out, is where danger of new blasts are feared today and 26 more families were exacuated
      Twisted tracks at maple were left by propane explosions in night of terror, Tank in background, its flames now out, is where danger of new blasts are feared today and 26 more families were exacuated
      Roworth, Eddy
      8/7/1962
      Six tanks of natural gas power car, Cylinders in trunk hold 500 cubic feet compressed gas
      Six tanks of natural gas power car, Cylinders in trunk hold 500 cubic feet compressed gas
      Goode, Jeff
      8/12/1970
      Revealed? Reader's memories of early Toronto offer an intriguing theory about origin of hidden tunnels, discovered when workers were digging out gasoline tanks at King and Jarvis Sts
      Revealed? Reader's memories of early Toronto offer an intriguing theory about origin of hidden tunnels, discovered when workers were digging out gasoline tanks at King and Jarvis Sts
      Goode, Jeff
      5/10/1982
      Experts believe the gasoline tanks of the wrecked plane, seem here, exploded when it crashed into a huge granite boulder. A.T.C.A. official said there(...)
      Experts believe the gasoline tanks of the wrecked plane, seem here, exploded when it crashed into a huge granite boulder. A.T.C.A. official said there(...)
      Graetz Bros.
      4/29/1947
      Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
      Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/24/1947
      Propane explosion wrecks service station, Cars sit in the rubble of the Malhi Auto Services garage on Weston Rd
      Propane explosion wrecks service station, Cars sit in the rubble of the Malhi Auto Services garage on Weston Rd
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/18/1986
      Gas grievance: Members of Flamborough Residents Against Propane (FRAP) demonstrate against a company's proposal to build a propane transfer station in the township, northwest of Hamilton
      Gas grievance: Members of Flamborough Residents Against Propane (FRAP) demonstrate against a company's proposal to build a propane transfer station in the township, northwest of Hamilton
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/3/1983
      Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
      Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
      Unknown
      192-?
      Propane power
      Propane power
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/9/1981