Shell Oil Company: Achieves 376.59 MPG with a Modified 1959 Opel in 1973
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Shell Oil Company: Achieves 376.59 MPG with a Modified 1959 Opel in 1973
Shell Oil Company wrote "Fuel Economy of the Gasoline Engine" (ISBN 0-470-99132-1); it was published by John Wiley & S**, New York, in 1977. On page 42 Shell Oil quotes the President of General Motors who in 1929 predicted 80 MPG by 1939. Between pages 221 and 223
Shell writes of their achievements: 49.73 MPG around 1939;
149.95 MPG with a 1947 Studebaker in 1949;
244.35 MPG with a 1959 Fiat 600 in 1968;
376.59 MPG with a modified 1959 Opel in 1973 (photos of these three cars are shown on page 223).
The Library of Congress, in September 1990, did not have a copy of this book. It was missing from their files, of course. [They had it – since it is legally required to have at least one copy of all such publicati** in the U.S. However, it seems to have been stolen or hidden.] Byron Wine bought a copy from Maryland Book Exchange around 1980 after a professor informed him that it was used as an engineering text at the University of West Virginia.
The modified 376.59 MPG 1959 Opel is now owned by an Alabama antique car restoration company.
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Shell Oil Company wrote "Fuel Economy of the Gasoline Engine" (ISBN 0-470-99132-1); it was published by John Wiley & S**, New York, in 1977. On page 42 Shell Oil quotes the President of General Motors who in 1929 predicted 80 MPG by 1939. Between pages 221 and 223
Shell writes of their achievements: 49.73 MPG around 1939;
149.95 MPG with a 1947 Studebaker in 1949;
244.35 MPG with a 1959 Fiat 600 in 1968;
376.59 MPG with a modified 1959 Opel in 1973 (photos of these three cars are shown on page 223).
The Library of Congress, in September 1990, did not have a copy of this book. It was missing from their files, of course. [They had it – since it is legally required to have at least one copy of all such publicati** in the U.S. However, it seems to have been stolen or hidden.] Byron Wine bought a copy from Maryland Book Exchange around 1980 after a professor informed him that it was used as an engineering text at the University of West Virginia.
The modified 376.59 MPG 1959 Opel is now owned by an Alabama antique car restoration company.
该篇文章转载:科技爱好与博览 http://www.naf.com.cn详细参考以上网站.
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