Matt Whiting wrote:


They must have had engines that were sorely out of tune. I put 4.56
gears in my 94 Chevy K1500 to help it plow snow better. I get 16 MPG
with it on the highway and get 10 plowing snow! I can't believe a car
would get down to only 6 MPG unless it was running at the drag strip all
day. :-)

Matt


yeah they did quite a bit of 1/8 mile dragging. That being said there is a
bit of technology improvement between 1960 and 1994! Around town in cars
with low gears and big carbs and cams didn't do much for economy! That
being said (part 2) 20 was still very good economy even for a stock non v8
car. VW bugs got about the best back then around 22 to 23 on a good day! Of
course gas only cost 26 cents a gallon for Sunoco 260 ( about 94 octane).
John