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In 1974 the United States was under an Arab oil embargo.gas got up to $4.00 a gallon 1974 prices,thats like $8.00 today.Nascar and NHRA car and engine builder Ralph Moody wanted todo something about it. he set about building a car that got great fuel mileage and the average person could afford.He took a Perkins desiel engine and a Mercury Capri body and married them together.the results were 84 miles to the gallon. Ralph contacted the U.S. Congress to tell them about the car.they said unless the car is EPA tested and certified,they are not interested.Ralph got a hold of the former head of the EPA.he came with all the nessassary test equipment. he put the car through all the tests.the results were."this car puts out 4 times less hydrocarbons than any thing tested so far.this is the cleanest vehical I've ever tested.bostered by this,Ralph anounced "we're taking it to Washington DC and parking it in front of the Capitol Steps.then the congressmen and senators have to look at it. Arab "biznessmen" got wind of this and offered 200 million for the car and it's patents.about 2 months later congress issued a statement" the Moody Diesel does not meet EPA requirments" and buried it.I would like to know what happened to this car,I went to the Popular Mechanics site that used to have the plans for it.it is now blank except for the heading.Ralph Moody has since passed on.and no he didn't take the money.he was the Moody in Holman-Moody who's Ford race cars ruled the race tracks in the 60's and 70's. 2 years before Ralph made a gasoline engine that got 63 mpg, no one was interested-- this is real and not fiction, check it out for your self search Moody Diesel and be prepared to be p.o'd