[AT] AT Digest, Vol 39, Issue 6 cylinder Chevrolet

[Carl Tatlock]

Claudeprintequip at aol.com wrote:
> Hello list,
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> Off topic.
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> Don't think Chevrolet was ever into tractors.  (obligatory  tractor comment)  
> I  remember reading a Look Magazine article while  killing some time in a 
> study hall in 1952.  It was about Chevrolet setting  a gas mileage world record. 
> 123 MPG I think. Two drivers manned a  special vehicle from New York to Los  
> Angeles.    Chevrolet used a stock engine from their  assembly line _*with 
> special carburation, *_ a special two seat, light  weight vehicle. There were a number 
> of  things done to assure the best  fuel economy possible; coasting, driving 
> slow, etc. This information also  appeared in the Guiness book of world 
> records for a number of years  afterward.  Anyway, now all the information seems to 
> be  gone.   Does anyone else remember this
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> demonstration of fuel economy by Chevrolet?
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> Claude 
> Tontitown, Arkansas
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> *Claude, and others on this thread:*  Carl in VT here with an eyewitness account about Chevrolet and carburation. I had a friend in the late 1940's whose father was a plant manager of a Chevrolet plant.  He was loaned a new 1949 Chev with a carb that was shrouded under a sealed cover (could not be looked at or tampered with)  (as much as we tried...)   and his duty was to drive it in regular use but keeping meticulous records of gas mileage.    After a few months the car was returned to the factory.    The only other alteration from stock was a pair of platinum points.  There were, we were told, 6 of these modified cars around the country in the "test".   
> His son overheard him report that he was getting 38 miles per gallon. 
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> The carb was obviously never seen in production.  We used to figure the oil companies had something to do with it.   Seemed like a nonsense theory then--- but now???
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