Finding Aid for GENERAL MOTORS PROVING GROUND RECORDS, 1955-1969 Accession 1758 Finding Aid Published: January 2011 20900 Oakwood Boulevard ∙ Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 USA
[email protected] ∙ www.thehenryford.org #1758 GENERAL MOTORS PROVING GROUND RECORDS Records, 1955-1969 3.66 linear feet General Motors Research and Development regularly test domestic and foreign G.M. vehicles, as well as vehicles made by foreign and domestic competitors. These tests include complete road tests measuring acceleration, braking, handling, fuel economy, etc.; long term durability tests; and weight analysis of the components making up a vehicle. This collection includes test results for individual vehicles, comparison tests of more than one vehicle, and test summaries and general procedural information. Many of the test results include photographs. The collection was donated by Henry Austin Clark, Jr. in 1991. Series I Individual Automobile Test Results Boxes 1-7 Includes test results, with some photographs of automobiles from 1960-1970. Arranged alphabetically by make. BOX 1 1-1 Ambassador SST V-8, 1969 1-2 American Hornet I-6, 1970 1-3 AMX, 1969 1-4 AMX V-8, 1969 1-5 Austin-Healy Sprite I-4, 1965 1-6 Buick Electra, 1965 1-7 Buick Electra; 1965, Photographs 1-8 " 225 V-8, 1965 1-9 " " V-8; 1965, Photographs 1-10 " 225 V-8, 1969 1-11 GS 400 v-a, 1969 1-12 LeSabre V-8, 1965 1-13 ; 1965, Photographs 1-14 , 1969 1-15 Custom, 1965 1-16 "; ", Photographs 1-17 " , 1968 1-18 " V8 400, 1969 1-19 " Skylark; 1965, Photographs 1-20 " It Custom Station Wagon; 1965, Photographs 1-21 It It Gran Sport V-8, 1965 1-22 " " II " "" ; 1965, Photographs \ BOX 1 1-23 Buick Skylark V-S, 1969 Cont.