ENGINE PRODUCTION
PLANS FOR INCREASE
WORK OF MOTOR FIRMS
NEW YORK, July 2.
The Buick and Chevrolet divisions of General Motors have disclosed plans for each to produce thousands of Pratt and Whitney aero engines monthly, supplementing the construction programmes of the other automobile manufacturers^
General Motors are .also making an effort to increase the output of their Allison engines' to 1000 a month.
. The Chevrolet division has been allotted 89,000,000 dollars for defence work, and Buick 88,000,000 dollars. It is estimated that when the three leading aircraft manufacturers have completed their expansion they will be producing engines totalling 7,000,000 horse-power a month.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1941, Page 9
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103ENGINE PRODUCTION Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1941, Page 9
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