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No glitz here, but in the early 80's, I had a stone stock '65 Stang, 200 six w
3sod manual.
At a constant 55mpg., w 2 people in the car, I drove down I-5 from Portland to
Long Beach, CA.(Formula 1 race) and back; mpg was right at 30 on the nose.
I should mention though; that my car had 13 inch wheels, and sat a little low,
almost Chicano style.
A few 1st gens. really came that way. When I went to sell, a guy showed up
w his two teenaged daughters claiming he was president of the Portland
Mustang Club, and was furious at me for ruining the car by putting a Falcon/Comet
chassis to the car.
The 13's are legit, I ordered actual Mustang hubcaps for it. He wouldn't believe
me, and stormed away!
He could look at the hubcaps,but still didn't believe. I do believe they were
somewhat rare. Check your parts sources!
Anyway, I'm sure the lower stance helped the mpg. at least a little!
That's my 2 cents worth! I don't know what the diff. ratio was.
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