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Old 14th Mar 2017, 11:24
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Just as a matter of interest does anyone know what date the last car had a mixture control other than a choke? I'm guessing 1930.
I do not know of any car that ever had a (manually-controlled) mixture control. AFAIK, manually-operated mixture control is limited to aircraft engines.
Early cars (prior to about 1932) had manual spark advance/retard controls, usually mounted on the steering column - so perhaps you are confusing the spark advance/retard mechanisms with mixture control.
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