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Originally Posted by mcrews
in 1975 I got a 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe w/ a 200 ci straight 6, auto tranny and a 2.89 rear end.
Installed some clifford headers and could get 27mpg back an forth to college.
If I knew then what I know now.........coulda gotten 35mpg
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I came in to post about MY '66, what a coincidence.
6 cyl 200 with that really bad 3 speed manual. I took that out, went to the wrecking yard and got a bellhousing off a maverick and a pristine 4 speed toploader.
Rear end started to sing so I stuck in what I had, a '67 8 inch with 2.80 gears.
I did manage to get 30 MPG back and forth to Seattle from central Washington, until the old 6 gave up the ghost in the face of those clifflike tall gears.
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2003 TDI Beetle
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