Restored Strickland Bren Tractor

[Tony Smith]

Originally posted by Bob Carriere
What is that "vaporisor"..... was it heated by exhaust gas to turn the gas vapor into fumes....??? why would they need that.... were they running kerosene...???

Bob

Exactly, got it in one, Bob. The Strickland was a postwar conversion of war-surplus Carriers, sold to Farmers as a stop-gap farm tractor. Normal production of tractors wasn't yet back to full swing and numbers couldn't keep up with demand. The Strickland used a vaporiser to enable Power Kerosene to be used as a fuel as Kero had significant tax benefits for Primary Producers compared to petrol, which was still being rationed in the post-war period.