1964 GAZ - Volga

Owner: Helen Lombard

This Russian made car was first "customer" vehicle into which SynLube™ Motor Oil was installed in Europe in fall of 1966.

The same lubricant was also used in the 4-speed manual transmission and in the differential.

The SynLube™ lubricants were installed at first oil change when all OEM oils were drained
after initial 1,000 km break-in period.

The owner was famous German/Czech prima ballerina, who used the car for travel throughout Europe.

The car was operated for over 300,000 km (speedometer wore out at 264,000km).

The vehicle was scraped in 1977 because it could not pass safety inspection in Czechoslovakia where it was licensed, due to excessive body rust. Due to lack of availability of spare parts it could not be fixed.

No oil changes were made during the 11 years of operation on SynLube™
The average motor oil consumption was 0.68 Liters per 1,000 km (861 MPQ) on SynLube™
This was 206% better than factory specification of 1.4 Liters per 1,000 km. (418 MPQ) on SAE 40 motor oil.

1969 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

This was the first vehicle in the USA to use exclusively SynLube™ Functional Fluids
(Motor Oil, ATF, Differential Lube and Hydraulic Fluid).

Mr. Bradley was a NASA engineer involved in the "Lunar Missions" and he
bought this car for his wife in January 1969.

The vehicle was operated for 126,867 miles and 11 years by the original owner without any oil changes.

The oil filter was changed every two years and the OEM Rolls-Royce filter element was used.

Motor Oil consumption over the life of this car was about 900 to 1,200 miles per Quart of Motor Oil (MPQ). This, although quite high, was typical for this car, and actually better than most V-8 engines of that vintage

The typical Fuel Economy for this model car was 9 to 10 MPG on Premium Fuel
(100 Octane was specified by Rolls-Royce).
When converted to SynLube™ Fluids the vehicle consistently delivered 13 MPG even with A/C   ON and was able to perform reliably on Regular Gasoline (87 Octane).

From 1980 to 1992 the vehicle ownership has changed 4 times, but all owners continued the use of SynLube™ in the car. (They did not drain or change it)
Over this 12 year period the car was driven only 10,000 additional miles !

In 1992 the Rolls-Royce was acquired by SynLube, Inc. and was driven daily and used for promotional purposes as well as product deliveries.

The vehicle was "retired" in January 1995 with 297,056 original miles, when coolant caused corrosion (Conventional Coolant was used) caused engine failure.

The vehicle was sold to Junkyard that specializes in Rolls-Royce cars.

The Coolant caused failure of this car prompted the final development of our
Cool-4-Life™ Synthetic Coolant.  Unfortunately it was not available when this vehicle was new, otherwise it still might be running today!

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