[T3] EFI origins

[Dennis Stiefel]

I read somewhere a long time ago that Chrysler was working on an EFI system back in the late 50s that used vacuum tubes for the ECU. They were very susceptible to heat and never made it to production. 
Dennis Stiefel 

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> On Jun 24, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Phil Hof <phil.hof at ostronic.org> wrote:
> 
> I’ve read that the original patents were from Bendix in the 1950s; Bosch bought them and then went to work making it practical.
> 
> The state of the art in “solid state electronics” took the 10 years to become economically viable, not just technically possible.  Then came the push for lower emissions, with EFI being VW’s answer, far ahead of many others.  The record/slide show VW produced on FI emphasized emissions above all else.
> 
> At shows or meets, no one believes me when I tell them this was the first production car in the world with EFI.  Their silence tells me they figure that can’t be true and are politely silent in calling BS.  But we know better.
> 
> -Phil
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>> On Jun 23, 2015, at 1:42 PM, type3-vwtype3.org-request at lists.vwtype3.org wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:56:50 -0500
>> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org>
>> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>> Subject: Re: [T3] Front and back emblem
>> I hope you also explained that we got it starting way back in '68 
>> (which happened in the fall of '67.) This was a real breakthrough for 
>> VW and Bosch: the very first mass produced electronic fuel injected 
>> cars ever made. We're the Granddaddys of all of today's modern cars.
>> 
>> I'm always surprised that VW agreed to do it. I'd have expected this 
>> to show up first in some smaller production, much higher cost, luxury 
>> or high performance car, like something from Mercedes or Porsche.
>> 
>> I'd love to know what went on in the corporate boardrooms of VW and 
>> Bosch during those times. I suspect there were heated discussions and 
>> lots of concern about warrantee problems. I also wonder when Bosch 
>> actually started their development of this system. Something like 
>> this doesn't spring to life overnight.
>> 
>> -- 
>> *******************************
>> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>> *******************************
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