Gas Economy on it's way?

[Deluxe Delivery Don]

Well sort of. I found this ad in a Jan.22 1928 Seattle Times Newspaper. It is hard to tell what kind of device it is or where it was installed in the car,but I found it a little amusing even then people were trying save on fuel cost. Gas was about 25 cents a gallon then.Right . It would be great to know what this invention was.Or if it ever got of the ground.

 

[Gary WA]

You can put one on your Dex Delivery when she's done.

 

[Special Coupe Frank]

Here's some more info... http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/183057.html

Apparently Mr. Stransky put "Pukwanna, S.D" "on the map"

 

[Deluxe Delivery Don]

Here's some more info... http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/183057.html

Apparently Mr. Stransky put "Pukwanna, S.D" "on the map"

Thanks Frank, That is great read. Thanks for the info. PS Do you think anybody today could reproduce that device to see if it would work?

 

[tuneman]

installed on over 2 million cars? never found one on any of the cars i worked on? Never saw one in a flea market!

 

[1930artdeco]

I wonder if any of these actually would work? I realize this is a snake oil piece but...And if they actually did work if the Big three/oil companies killed it like Tucker.

Mike

 

[mrtexas]

Do you think anybody today could reproduce that device to see if it would work?

Gasoline vaporizer? Umm, that is what a carburetor is!! This vaporizes vapor? Wow!

 

[Special Coupe Frank]

From what I understand from reading the description of the device in Stransksy's ad verbiage, some versions of this widget are a "oval flange" that mounts between the carb and the intake, others look like they thread into the vacuum tapping for the wiper motor.

I believe the operating theory is that the device contains some sort of thermostatic spring that causes it to open and admit air to the intake when the engine reaches operating temperature, thereby leaning-out the mixture and "insuring complete combustion"... essentially, it adds a vacuum-leak to the intake.

It might have actually had some benefit back around 1930, when non-Ethyl gasolines had an octane rating somewhere in the low 60s...

I doubt that such a contraption added any "pep" to the car...

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

This is the only gas saver I know of that really works!

This was at the LeSuer swap meet last Friday, but at $2,500 I'd have to do a lot of riding to save that much gas.

 

[Deluxe Delivery Don]

This is the only gas saver I know of that really works!

This was at the LeSuer swap meet last Friday, but at $2,500 I'd have to do a lot of riding to save that much gas.

Ya Tom , do you know what era that is ? It is a little pricey.

 

[Deluxe Delivery Don]

Tom, Had you ever seen one of those devices before made by Stransky?

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

Tom, Had you ever seen one of those devices before made by Stransky?

I'd never seen one before and I'd like to own one, but this was out of my budget. It sure looks like it would be fun. Notice you twist the right wood pumping handle to steer it.