Maximum Gas Mileage Vehicle Project

Maximum Gas Mileage Vehicle Project, 1983-1984

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Cass, Paul E.
Title: Maximum Gas Mileage Vehicle Project
Dates: 1983-1984 (inclusive)
19831984
Quantity: 0.3 cubic foot
Collection Number: UG 61
Summary: The Maximum Gas Mileage Vehicle Project was developed by E. Paul Cass and a group of students from the Mechanical Engineering Department to enter two competitions. It includes calculus and design for the vehicle and correspondence with sponsors and organizers of the competitions.
Repository: University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions: The collection is open to the public. Researchers must use the collection in accordance with the policies of the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives.
Languages: This collection is in English.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Maximum Gas Mileage Vehicle (MGV) Project, also referred as High Mileage Vehicle Project, was developed by E. Paul Cass and a group of students from the Mechanical Engineering Department. The Project entered two contests, the Fifth Annual Super Mileage Competition sponsored by the Western Michigan Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), held in June 1984 in Marshall, Michigan and the First Annual West Coast Super Mileage Competition sponsored by the Northern California Section of the SAE, held also in June 1984 in Sacramento, California. The goals of the Maximum Gas Mileage Vehicle Project were to design an 11-ft, 70-lb, 1000-mpg vehicle, powered by a 2.0-hp Briggs and Stratton engine (donated by the Eaton Corporation). For lack of financial resources the group had to cancel their participation in the competitions.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Folder one, Updates and Weekly Hour Sheets, contains the drafts of the MGV Project and updates, including the project that Paul Cass wrote as an assignment in Mechanical Engineering 491-01 (Professional Paper) and that he submitted to Prof. Barnes, minutes of the meetings, deadline schedules, copies of memos from Mark Sipe to Terry Precht and Gylfi Arnason, and weekly hour sheets. Folder two, MGV Calculus and Design, contains the calculus and design for the vehicle, a draft of a letter to Prof. Berry Herte from the University of Saskatchewan requesting advice for this project, as well as photocopies of clippings that described vehicles that won past competitions, and a catalog of the Performance Bicycle Shop from Fall/Winter 1982-83. Folder three contains correspondence with the organizers of the SAE competitions, official rules, and a note about the cancelation of their participation in the Michigan competition. Folder four includes correspondence with potential sponsors, an annoted list of their addresses and the financial support each provided.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Maximum Gas Mileage Vehicle Project, UG 61. Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Processed in February 2008.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Maximum Gas Mileage Vehicle Project (MGV) were transferred to the University of Idaho Library by E. Paul Cass, Project Coordinator, on December 3, 1986.

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