57 Fuel Injection promo film

[William L.]

Fun To Watch and you can learn the basic of how F.I. works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfo_LZ3pk4U

[Harry S.]

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Very nice, thanks..............

[Mike M.]

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Very Cool!
The Bel Air may have been a pilot car.
The clip is dated 1956 and the rear view mirror is attached to the dash. Also radio delete.
HaND

[William L.]

Re: 57 Fuel Injection promo film

Very Cool!
The Bel Air may have been a pilot car.
The clip is dated 1956 and the rear view mirror is attached to the dash. Also radio delete.
HaND

Mike
I like looking at old pictures, it amazing what you learn!
Bill

[Stuart F.]

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Thanks Bill. It's been a long time since I saw that film. I had the same reaction then as I did now: If that is what the new 57 Chevy looks like inside with the rear view mirror on the dash, then where am I going to hang my fuzzy dice?

Stu Fox

p.s. I have one of the Franklin Mint 57 Corvette fuelie engine cut-a-way models and I look at it every now and then for inspiration.

[William L.]

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Stu; I also have one and I think it's one of the coolest models I have.

[Mike M.]

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i too have one but i'd deduct for the cog fan belt.mike

[William L.]

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i too have one but i'd deduct for the cog fan belt.mike

Them darn REPO parts!!!!

[Bill M.]

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Them darn REPO parts!!!!

I have to agree...my Franklin Mint fan belt broke!

Neat film clip! Thanks, Bill!

I had to laugh at the bragging about improved starting (8:22) because one of the 10 written complaints my dad took to the dealer about his '59 fuelie was "stalls after warm-up, hard to restart." (I don't know if that got fixed by an adjustment.)

[Stuart F.]

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The 58 unit was not too great either for hot starts. The one that bugged me though was in the winter; 2 degrees above zero it would start, but 2 degrees below and it wouldn't. Got so I would throw an old wool army blanket over it to try and keep it warm.

Stu Fox

p.s. Regarding model collections; I have over 115 F.M and D.M. 1/24 scale - mostly Corvettes. I've been replacing the F.M. units with D.M. units, year for year in my display case. They are much better.

The reason the cut-a-way is so valuable is they stopped production because there were so many complaints about incorrect detail fom NCRS members (cogged belt, etc.).

[Clem Z.]

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the fuel shut off to save fuel also would cause a burned piston if you raced you FI chevy in the NASCAR beach race.

[William L.]

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The 58 unit was not too great either for hot starts. The one that bugged me though was in the winter; 2 degrees above zero it would start, but 2 degrees below and it wouldn't. Got so I would throw an old wool army blanket over it to try and keep it warm.

Stu Fox

p.s. Regarding model collections; I have over 115 F.M and D.M. 1/24 scale - mostly Corvettes. I've been replacing the F.M. units with D.M. units, year for year in my display case. They are much better.

The reason the cut-a-way is so valuable is they stopped production because there were so many complaints about incorrect detail fom NCRS members (cogged belt, etc.).

Stu; Any idea what F/M cut-a-way is worth? I know you never see them for sale.
Bill

[Bill M.]

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Any idea what F/M cut-a-way is worth? I know you never see them for sale.
Bill

eBay 300250078215; $400.00 to open; no bids yet.

His belt is busted too...

[Bill M.]

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The 58 unit was not too great either for hot starts. The one that bugged me though was in the winter; 2 degrees above zero it would start, but 2 degrees below and it wouldn't. Got so I would throw an old wool army blanket over it to try and keep it warm.

I used a trouble light on the intake manifold (Chicago suburb).

[Joel F.]

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Neat video, thanks!