<VV> White Gas

[DTerry8123 at aol.com]

My take on the unleaded gas: In my part of the country (Georgia), Amoco has 
 been selling unleaded premium at least since the early 1950s. And probably 
back  to the early 1940s. It was usually a penny or two higher than other 
brands  of leaded premiums. We used it in our 1951 Olds super 88, and our 
1953 Mercury.  When we got our first 102 hp Corvair in 1963, we used it in it. 
Amoco claimed  that there was an additive added to help lubricate the 
valves. The 63, 102hp  Vair ran better on Amoco unleaded than any other premium 
gas we used. (much less  pinging in hot weather) I used it in my 65 Corsa most 
of the time from the  time I bought it in 1966. Gulftane was so bad that I 
wouldn't use it in a  lawnmower. It was cheaper than any other regular.
Dan Terry
1965 Corsa 140 coupe
Corvair Atlanta
 
 
In a message dated 7/2/2009 10:57:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mvjacobi at comcast.net writes:


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With some trepidation I'll jump in here.   Back in the 60s  pretty much all
pump gas meant for cars was leaded.  Some gas stations  had a
pump...sometimes worked by hand, that dispensed "white gas" which had  no
lead.  As I recall, it was considerably cheaper than the leaded gas  cars
used.  It was, I think, meant for agricultural  machines...harvesters,
tractors rtc. That had low compression  engines.  It was also specified for
Coleman lanterns and stoves, as  the lead in regular "car gas" would mess up
those camping  things.

The Conoco station I got mine at also had a hand pump Kerosene  or "coal 
oil"
dispenser.

The neighbor had a 60 vair that he had  rigged a small container of regular
leaded gas to start the car with, then  a petcock to switch over to the main
tank of the cheaper white gas to do  his regular driving.

Mike in  Michigan


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