A cottage industry has evolved of people who convert cars with 6's and small V-8's into valuable big-block models.
He recently proposed a ban on converting used cars for taxi use, which would guarantee that all new cabs are also new cars.
One part examines emissions, while two others examine the economics of converting cars to operate on methanol fuel and the costs of operation.
Further income streams include the money generated from recently being approved by the government to convert cars for people with disabilities.
The SOB has since converted several intermediate cars, however, and these trainsets are operated with them today.
In addition to imposing a retirement age for cabs, the commission banned the common practice of converting used cars for taxi use.
Commercial technology exists to convert cars, buses and trucks to natural gas.
The conversions became popular with Americans of all races, and several companies manufactured kits to convert late-model cars to pimpmobiles.
He currently works as a mechanic and is working on converting diesel cars into vehicles that can run on vegetable oil.
Mercedes-Benz is also active in hydrogen research, and has converted cars to run on hydrogen.