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My first car was a 1960 ford falcon 4 dr I inherited kind of. It got about 28 mpg running flat out when the carb hadn't vibrated in two pieces, then 10-15 with the 144 engine and 2 speed auto. Got a 57 olds super 88 when i got married, came with the wife, her father had bought it for her. It got about 17-20 at hightway speeds. 61 Olds I hated as her father sold the 57 while I was in VietNam. Then a 62 1/2 Ford Galaxie 500 XL in 71. Don't know about mileage on it, gas was 24-28 cents a gallon. several beat up cars after that. Bought a really nice 76 Pontiac Astre wagon in 76, it got arounf 28. Then in 77 bought a junker 72 Vega wagon and played with it, had the 3 speed opel tranny and 1 barrel carb with home made water injection, 2 liter bottle, aquarium hose and valve to a vacuum port on the carb it got 44 mpg. had to change the rear spark plug every 150 mi or so, did a re ring on that cylendar in my front yard for $20.00. Now I have a 91 lincoln towncar with 230,000 mi that gets 24 mpg on the hiway, a 91 jeep cherokee sport with 225,000 mi that gets about 18, and my DD a 92 suzuki swift gt I bought for 300 and have spent 1400 on fixing that gets 37+ around town and on the road. I just pulled my 10 ft boat to Arkansas to my dad's with it and took 12 gal of gas in a boat tank in the back and averaged 35.4 for the round trip. Never had the boat over 75 and only hit 80 once on the way home. I still haven't forgiven my dad for not letting me get my dream car when I was 16, A 53 studebaker 2 dr sedan someone had swapped in a 318 poly engine and had traded in at the dealer in town they wanted 350 for it and I would have NEVER sold it. He said I would have killed myself in it. Just jealous I think.
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