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Maximum Gas Mileage Vehicle Project

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UG 061

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

  • Creation: 1983-1984

Language of Materials

This collection is in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Historical Note

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.

Extent

0.3 cubic foot

Abstract

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.

Arrangement

Processed in February 2008.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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.

Title
Guide to the Maximum Gas Mileage Vehicle Project 1983-1984
Author
Finding aid prepared by Laura Guedes
Date
© 2011
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latn
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository