A Numbers Puzzle - Solved!

[barrett]

Okay let's try this

17 and "B" - The Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood station wagon was launched 17 months after the Corvair Sedan?

[Otto Puzzell]

Okay let's try this

17 and "B" - The Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood station wagon was launched 17 months after the Corvair Sedan?

Interesting - I didn't know that!

That's not the match I'm after.

[barrett]

It's probably not true, I just guessed! The Corvair came out in '59 and the wagon didn't appear until '61 - I thought there was a slim chance a total of 17 months had elapsed between the two events!

[Tom_I]

17 and "H", Packard Eight Station Sedan, 1948-50.

Fuel tank capacity: 17 gallons.

[Otto Puzzell]

17 and "H", Packard Eight Station Sedan, 1948-50.

Fuel tank capacity: 17 gallons.

Right!

[Wendax]

33 = 'J' Chevrolet Vega Hatchback: Turning circle between curbs: 33 ft

[Otto Puzzell]

33 = 'J' Chevrolet Vega Hatchback: Turning circle between curbs: 33 ft

Right!

[Otto Puzzell]

Only one more left, folks! 

[faksta]

28 and B - Chevrolet Corvair Station Wagon, percent:

The aluminum in the engine weighs only 92 lbs, or 28% of the total car weight.

[Otto Puzzell]

Interesting guess, but no.

[Wendax]

28 and B - Chevrolet Corvair Station Wagon, percent:

The aluminum in the engine weighs only 92 lbs, or 28% of the total car weight.

Sorry, but the mathematician in me has some doubts about the quoted "fact". If 92 lb was 28 % of the car's weight, the Corvair would have weighed just 328 lb. Quite a lightweight  

[Otto Puzzell]

I knew they were a bit flimsy - now I know why!

[Tom_I]

I'm struggling with this last one, 28 and "B", the Corvair Lakewood Station Wagon.

All I have come up with so far, and this is from people fitting the engines into light aircraft, is that a Corvair engine is 28 inches wide and 28 inches long.

Apart from that, I'm stumped!

[Otto Puzzell]

Keep at it, lads!

[neilshouse]

I've struggled to find a connection too.

The best I can come up with is that the words 'Chevrolet Corvair Station Wagon' have 28 letters.

[Otto Puzzell]

The answer is more mechanical in nature.

[guido66]

28 psi rear tyre pressure?

[Otto Puzzell]

That's it! The rear tire pressure (cold) for a Corvair station wagon is 28 PSI. Well done!

I'll tally up the points and close this tomorrow. I'll post a pic of the tire pressure sticker then, as well. 

[Otto Puzzell]

The points:

neilshouse   1
Paul Jaray   1
Tom_I   3
Ehhxekt   1
75america   1
guido66   1
Wendax   2
wingroad   1
barrett   1

[Otto Puzzell]

And the sticker