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Fuel gauges (was: ford model a)
The Lindbergh Baby > writes:
<snip> > I understand the T didn't have a gasd gauge either, at least originally. > > You had to take the seat off the car, and stick a long dipstick into a > tank beneath said seat to measure how much fuel was left in the car. Yup. There were aftermarket devices that included both a filler neck extension (to the front edge of the seat cushion, so that you could fill the tank without removing the seat cushion) and a gauge. The second Model A dealt with the problem by putting the fuel tank in the cowl, so a gauge on the rear of the tank was visible on the instrument panel. But it remained for a University of Michigan professor named King to invent a practical remote-reading fuel gauge. The King-Seeley company was founded in Ann Arbor to manufacture it. <snip> -- -Stephen H. Westin Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors. |
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