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Black and white photographic print depicting Tara Phifer looking at a General Motors 3.8 Litre V-6 Turbocharged Engine on display in the Detroit Science Center.

Caption reads: Detroit - When were catalytic converters introduced on U.S. cars? Is there an electric car in your future? What's the average fuel economy for 1978 cars?
The answers to these and other questions can be found at the General Motors exhibit "Motors to Medicine" at the new Detroit Science center, located at John R and Warren Avenues. Visitors can test their knowledge of automobiles in a Motor Vehicles Facts Quiz.
Here Tara Phifer of Detroit examines a V-6 turbo-charged engine.
The exhibit displays General Motors achievements in the transportation field and contributions to medical science. It features vehicle power plant research, barrier impact testing and emissions research.
Visitors can experience the handling of power steering and manual steering and see a mechanical heart. The sounds of normal and abnormal heart beats have been recorded on sensitive medical research and diagnostic equipment. A slide presentation depicts a 30 mile-per-hour barrier impact test as conducted at the GM proving Ground in Milford, Mich.
August 14, 1978