[DUMBGRUNT]

While looking for a photo of post war Japan with cars using hot coal vapor (they had a large bladder on the roof) I found some helpful tidbits.

Drive a Coal Powered Car
PROS: Uses cheap, clean coal.
CONS: Shoveling coal while driving is almost as distracting as talking on the phone. With the open flame there, you made need a drink to calm your nerves.

http://www.imao.us/archives/001506.html

ROPER, SYLVESTER HOWARD
Sylvester Howard Roper (1823-1896) was an American inventor from New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Roper developed a coal-powered, two-cylinder, steam-driven wooden motorcycle in 1867. Roper also developed a steam-driven car. Roper died at the age of 73 while testing a new motorcycle.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/transportation.shtml

[Argus]

Thanks for the links.