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I'm jealous !!! I only get 7.5 mpg in my 65 Crown
w/413 and 4bb.

Guess I should have bought a motorhome instead...

Chris Walter
65 Crown


--- Dietz800@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Just curious ---- A friend of mine owns a 35 ft
> motorhome with a V 10 triton 
> engine and weights at least 18000 LBS makes 8 miles
> per gallon.  Me with my  
> 55- 331 cid Newport  2- 4 barrel carburetor weighing
> around 5000 LBS making 8 
> mpg also ---if I am on a turnpike. I am sure some of
> you with the 413 and 440 
> engines with a single 4 barrel carb. are
> experiencing the same thirsty 
> powerplants. Will new steelbelt tires improve gas 
> mileage, still have the 
> old H 78x 15  4 ply Remington Cushion Air tires.  
> Any thoughts on this . I 
> would appreciate very much.. Sincerely   Dieter in
> Pa  55  Newport
> 
> 


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