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Byfield class converts vegetable oil to run car

Steve Barton (left), Tom Adams-Wall, and Mael Bibi wired the fuel switch for the Mercedes Benz to run on vegetable oil.
By Russell Nichols
Globe Correspondent / November 12, 2005

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BYFIELD -- If everything goes according to plan in a Governor Dummer Academy class this fall, a green 1991 Mercedes Benz will gain some new attributes, including a switch that allows the car to run on vegetable oil and exhaust fumes that smell like fish sticks, french fries, or chicken fingers from the boarding school's cafeteria. (Full article: 690 words)

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