Re: [T3] FI hstory

["Daniel Baum" <dbaum@isdn.net.il>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hi,

I saw a TV program on this once. It was on the History Channel, part of a
series called (I think) "Automobiles". Each part was about a different
manufacturer.

Chevrolet certainly had an experimental fuel injection system in the
mid-fifties. There was an interview on this program with one of the
engineers that designed the engine. Apparently the system was so
experimental that it was different from car to car. I seem to remember that
they said they couldn't really get it to work properly and they dropped it
in the end.

The film showed it installed not in a Corvette, but some other model - a big
ugly '50s American sedan.



Daniel Baum
'69 T34.




> On 29 Dec 2001, at 13:04, Peter Legault wrote:
>
> > While at my local auto parts store yesterday, to my surprise, I was
> > told that in 1957 Chevy Corvette was supplied with fuel injection.
> > Follow this link for more info. http://actions.com/corvette/57.html
>
> I haven't looked at the link yet, but this sounds right. I think the
> system was made by someone like Bendix, but it was NOT in ALL
> the 57s. It was a very small production high end option, something
> like 5000 produced.
>
>
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