<VV> White / unleaded / ethanol

[Tony Underwood]

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