
Top car constructor and green homes builder Mick Fabar is set to stun car enthusiasts, politicians and environmentalists alike at Meguiar’s MotorEx in Sydney’s Olympic Park Dome on July 21, when he unveils a 600 horsepower, turbocharged, biodiesel V8-powered sedan built with a ‘zero carbon footprint’ approach.
Scheduled to make its world premiere at Australia’s greatest annual celebration of custom, performance and collectable cars, ZERO’D is based on a 1967 model XR Falcon sedan that features numerous waste materials and recycled junkyard components in its construction.
The innovative eco-friendly build plan is designed to minimise carbon footprints and try to side-step the increased costs of new parts and materials that will be passed on by industry when the national carbon tax scheme starts on July 1.
The cost reductions achieved in the car’s construction also represents a head-on challenge to political and public opposition to ‘green’ initiatives, based on widely held beliefs that such schemes always result in increased costs.
ZERO’D is powered by a huge 7.3 litre Ford Powerstroke turbocharged V8 diesel truck engine that is also equipped with special fuel, inlet and exhaust systems that allow it to run on eco-friendly biodiesel fuel blends. Click here to read the full story