Some boats used kerosene too for the same reason. Jon Agne has a couple cool 
marine stoves.
-Curt

      From: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com>
 To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List 
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
 Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 9:20 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Generators
   


>White gas is the same thing as camping fuel and is not pure octane, 
>its more like naptha and I think you'll find it has very little 
>octane. Low compression engines would do well on it but I wouldn't 
>run it in anything made in the last 50 years. You can still buy 
>white gas at the pumps in Amish country.
>Old gas is interesting, I've had some things do real well even with 
>quite old gas and some things that would crud right up with gas only 
>a couple months old...
>-Curt
>

White gas was unleaded.  It was used in gas lanterns and gas stoves 
(Coleman, et al)

The lanterns and stoves didn't need the lead additive.  Car engines did.

Boat stoves used alcohol, as it was lighter than air, and did not 
settle in the bilge, like gasoline or white gas fumes do.


  
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