[doc] Re: Unleaded

["Dan" <danielpwillis@xxxx>]

Didn't DeLorean have to import, like, 1 gallon of fuel for every car 
they built because it wasn't available? What a nightmare that must 
have been!

Dan


--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham1@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Yes in the UK,
> I was told by Deloreans head buyer that when they were road testing 
them
> ( out of the Coventry purchasing facility and workshop) they used to 
buy
> unleaded fuel from the Jaguar factory as they used it on there 
American
> "Federal" cars. It was not available any where else.
> 
> Chris Parnham
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Tien [mailto:johntien99@xxxx]
> Sent: 05 November 2003 17:11
> To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [doc] Re: Unleaded
> 
> Um... I remember it is something like "the first UK
> production car to use unleaded fuel"... correct me if
> i am wrong.
> John
> 
> --- Dan <danielpwillis@xxxx> wrote:
> ---------------------------------
> Erm.. in 1981? Hardly!
> 
> Yank Tanks have been using it since the 50s... a
> friend had a 7.7L V8
> Caddy that had "UNLEADED ONLY" stamped on the
> dashboard.. and that car
> was built in 1959.
> 
> Dan
> Vin#5284
> 
> --- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Thomas Mc Auley
> <mcauleydmc@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Was the De Lorean the first production car to use
> unleaded fuel?
> I've been arguing with a friend, I'm sure I seen it
> somewhere before
> >
> >
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