Economy Runs

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Courthouse/Tom
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Economy Runs

Post by Courthouse/Tom »

Was the Morris Minor ever involved in any Mobil, etc,economy runs,and if so,what sort of data was recorded ?.
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DAVIDMCCULLOUGH
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Re: Economy Runs

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I think it was 1953 with the new fast and furious 803cc engine they did a 10,000 mile non stop economy run, heres a link to British Pathe News

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=83622


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mike.perry
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Re: Economy Runs

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I think that it was an endurance run rather than an economy run.
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bmcecosse
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Re: Economy Runs

Post by bmcecosse »

The 'economy' achieved on that run was poor - despite slow speed/never needing to brake/no cold running etc etc.
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