The Economy Run 1957: The Longer Mile

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Paulc
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The Economy Run 1957: The Longer Mile

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Those who have the Talking Pictures channel might be interested in watching a short film on the Mobil economy run. They are showing it again on Monday 7th August between 5.40 and 6.00pm. It was quite an arduous run and a 4 door A35 (USM 375 I think) was the A35 rep. The economy was not based on pure mpg but also took into account the weight of the vehicle. The winner was an Austin 105 with 53.32 and the A35 came second in the under 1000cc class with 46.85. Interestingly it was beaten by the A55 (50.57) and a Rover 90 (48.30).
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