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Plus-Gas Generator Co

From Graces Guide
1941. From The Autocar of 8th August.

of Cromwell Road, London SW7 (1941)

1939 Patent "Method for increasing the performance of internal combustion engines by introducing supplemental air containing a hydrocarbon."

1941 "The Plus Gas Generator is cheaply and easily fittest to any make of car by your garage or by our Agents. Every 2,500 to 5,000 miles a Plus Gas Refill is available" [1]

1942 "Plus-Gas avoids neat petrol entering the cylinders and therefore reduces cylinder borewear."[2]

1949 Patent on "An injection system for internal combustion engines"

1951 Plus Gas Formula A fluid for loosening corroded parts; Plus Gas Formula B fluid for protecting the parts[3]

By 1955 The Plus Gas Co was offering a similar pair of fluids - just not sure what the connection is

1964 The Plus-Gas Generator Co was acquired by Bullough Securities Ltd. [4]

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Sources of Information

  1. Weekly Dispatch (London) 06 July 1941
  2. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 19 June 1942
  3. The Engineer 1951/09/21
  4. Glasgow Herald, 5 March 1964.