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Hi all:
In December of 1964, our college SAE Club held an economy run throughtout the Greater Los Angeles area. I went to a local Rambler dealer and they gracioiusly loaned me a new plain Jane 1965 Rambler American stick shift. This dealership had sponsored the previous year's Mobil Gas economy run winner to Yosemite. They gave it to me a week ahead of the run for practice, retarded the timing to 5 degrees after tdc (this what they told me) and put some smaller jets in the carb. I added a vacuum gauge.
Just before the run, my navigator put 40# of air in the tires. During the run, I drove without a shoe on my right foot. My navigator looked ahead and advised me of the light situation. In total, we had to stop for only 4 of the 88 lights on our run.
End result, we won the contest with 45 mpg!
Dan Reitz
Northridge, CA
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