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Old 06-29-2008, 05:12 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rykoala View Post
I thought I'd revive this thread with a discussion I had with my grandfather yesterday. He was telling me about a 49 Pontiac 4 door sedan with a huge 473ci motor with relatively low compression. He said that the cars engine was so huge that it never had to work very hard and that even at a good clip (no speed limits in the 50's) he got almost 30mpg with it.
I'm sorry but you got told a tall tale.
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