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Good Lord sidebar and oilpan, do you want this to go to Unicorn land? I'm strongly reminded of "outsidethebox" a.k.a. Louis LaPointe and his Shell Opel thread...
Yes Moody made the diesel Capri conversion.
No Popular Mechanics didn't have plans; they did have a story though.
No there were no patents, Arabs, or congressional rejections. Or black helicopters.
No there is no ban on the sale of 1/2 ton diesel pickups- 1/2 tonners just had to meet automotive emissions standards while bigger trucks didn't, and the mfgs didn't think the market warranted all that work and expense.
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