[SEL] RE: Update on the Ruston Hornsby - PB 3 - The head is off...
kgw
gwaugh at wowway.com
Tue Jun 21 22:04:35 PDT 2005
Rick I. wrote:
> Richard Allen writes:
>
>
>>This may help to give you an idea of the last time the
>>engine was run. Leaded gasoline in the U.S.
>>was last used around 1978 or so.
>
>
> That may(?) have been the original plan, but the EPA backed off in the end,
> and let the free market determine when lead in gas went away (lower/no
> demand=stop production). The summer of 1991 was the last time I personally
> bought leaded gas for my car here in western NY.
>
> -Rick I.
>
> _______________________________________________
I lived in rural Arizona until about 11-12 years ago, and I think you
could still see leaded when I left. You gotta remember, out west, lots
of cars n trucks last much longer than in other parts of the country!
--
Gene
Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois 60123 USA
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