<VV> White / unleaded / ethanol
Tony Underwood
tony.underwood at cox.net
Sat Jul 4 09:09:48 EDT 2009
At 08:18 PM 7/3/2009, James Davis wrote:
> > Amoco, the American Oil Company, has had unleaded Amoco white
> > available at the pump since 1910. Standard Oil of Indiana which
> > bought the American Oil Company in the 20's always offered unleaded at
> > its Crown stations under the label White Crown. Red Crown was dyed
> > red to indicate it contained tetra ethyl lead and ethylene bromide as
> > a knock suppressant.
> > I ran Gulftane in my 1962 Fiat 600D as long as it was available. With
> > a 7.5:1 compression ratio, knock was not a problem.
These days I'd not worry much about gas in any form in a Fiat
600. I'd almost bet they would run on kerosene if you could get it
to start...
tony.. -- 1958 600 Multipla, 1960 600D
Multipla both indoor storage
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