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user removed · 08-25-2015, 08:34 AM

Climbing Afton mountain between Charlottesville and Waynesboro in a 1963 Valiant was an adventure, basically the old 170 was floored in 2nd until you got to 55 then 3 rd until you got tired of going so slow 25-30, then back to 2nd.

Still got just under 29 mpg in the old girl, would have been better without the recaps. Radials? maybe 33mpg.

Used to but then 4 years old with gunked up pcv valves, people thought the engines were shot. Clean it out with gas, oil consumption %. 4 year old car for $400.

regards
mech

08-25-2015, 08:34 AM	#10 (permalink)
user removed Master EcoModder Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,927 Thanks: 877 Thanked 2,024 Times in 1,304 Posts	Climbing Afton mountain between Charlottesville and Waynesboro in a 1963 Valiant was an adventure, basically the old 170 was floored in 2nd until you got to 55 then 3 rd until you got tired of going so slow 25-30, then back to 2nd. Still got just under 29 mpg in the old girl, would have been better without the recaps. Radials? maybe 33mpg. Used to but then 4 years old with gunked up pcv valves, people thought the engines were shot. Clean it out with gas, oil consumption %. 4 year old car for $400. regards mech Last edited by user removed; 08-25-2015 at 08:40 AM..