Bell Gasoline Saver
Object Details
- Description
- The Bell Gasoline Saver was manufactured by the Bell Gasoline Saver Company, Inc. of Washington, DC around 1917. The device screwed into the intake manifold and had a ball valve on each end. The upper valve could be adjusted by a set-screw to prevent the ball from being sucked into the engine. Bell claimed that the optimal airflow allowed for carbon elimination, more power, and less gasoline consumption.
- As more and more Americans took to the wheel, they often tinkered with their cars so that they more effectively suited their needs, or to overcome early automobiles' very obvious limitations. A users could buy kits that converted Model T's into a stationary engine, lights, turn signals, anti-theft devices, and a host of other products that the makers of auto accessories touted as essential and useful. Although not all of them worked, or were successful, some of these early add-ons, became standard features on later cars.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard Cayton
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1915-1920
- ID Number
- 1986.0971.01
- accession number
- 1986.0971
- catalog number
- 1986.0971.01
- 86.0971.01
- accession number
- 1986.0971
- Associated Name
- Page, Robert Newton
- Saunders, Edward Watts
- maker
- Bell Gasoline Saver Company, Inc.
- Object Name
- Gasoline Saver
- Other Terms
- Gasoline Saver; Road
- Physical Description
- stainless steel (part: material)
- paper (part: material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm
- Associated Place
- United States: District of Columbia
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- America On The Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_844925
