Shell Opel

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opel 1959 rekor d p1 caravan shell oil 1973 experiment al gasol ine mileage 376.59 mpg gas

www.376 milesPerGallon.com

presents :

The Shell Oil 1973 Test Car

376 mpg

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BUYER BEWARE !!!

There is presently an effort to sellthis vehicle as a " roadworthy"

vehicle.

KNOW what you are buying...READ


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the SHELL report... Inspect thisvehicle before purchasing. It is a

TEST VEHICLE ONLY, and not

practical for a daily commute, or aSaturday " Cruise " It was and is anExperimental Vehicle...and the test

showed you could get great mileage

if you didn't need ANY power forgoing uphill or stop & go traffic.Agreat piece of History, and

conversation piece.If it had anypractical value, we would stil l own it.

www.376milespergallon.com

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Found !!! .... the secret is hidden away no more


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watch for this car to appear on highways near you ......ON A

TRAILER ...as it is NOT intended to be " roadworthy "


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where has it , and it's secrets, been hiding , for 35 years ???


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Gas Prices High in your Area ???

... you don't see a car like this for sale in your local car lot...........ever !

...............376 mpg .............This is not a joke !

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But don't be mislead into thinking thiscar could get you to town and back.....

and the technology is hardly applicable to

getting miraculous mileage on a

family car.


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376.59 MPG with a 1959 Opel in 1973. The Lib rary of Congress (LOC), in September 1990, did not have a copy o f

this book. It was missing from the files. I bought my copy from Maryland Book Exchange around 1980 after a

professor in formed me that it was used as an engineering text at the University o f West Virginia. VPI pub lished

a papaer. March 1979, concerning maximum achievable fuel economy. This paper has several charts illustrating

achievable and impossible fuel economy. About 1980 I contacted the author concerning confli cts between the

paper and documented achieved " impossible" mpg. The author said, "I wil l get back to you.". I am still waiti ng

for hi s response

(The black and white picture on Page 223 is shown above )

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This car is unmolested and appears complete just as it was during Shell Oil Co's test.

The team individual names who developed and prepared the car are painted on the

rear deck.

This car was ' forgotten' at the Talledega SuperSpeedway's Motorsports Hall of

Fame, and was purchased from the Track when they liquidated some inventory.

Thanks to the internet, we uncovered it's true history...

which you can easily verify by googling" 1973 Shell Opel 376.59 "

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The car came in April. We have put Marvel oil in the cylinders, and it should soak

for a few weeks before turning motor.

This car is in very solid and complete condition. It would make a nice display withvery little effort.

It would also be a very good candidate for restoration to " as tested, 1973 "


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Either as a static or operating display, this historical vehicle is a secret no more.

Before we perform any restoration ,

we are considering all APPROPRIATE suggestions or

proposalsas this is definitely a one of a kind " attention-getting vehicle with documented

history

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