85 Chevy Pickup Build
I'm putting this under off-topic as I'm restoring this truck for function as opposed to getting max MPG, or show room looks. Also I'll edit this topic as progress is made, add pictures, etc.
My goal is mid twenty's for MPG, while still being able to tow a camper, etc.
I've owned this truck for a number of years. The truck is completely stock and gets 15 MPG, loaded, unloaded, up hill, down hill. Its not good MPG, but its very consistent all the time. The trucks history is interesting as a friend of my family owned it before me. He was a D-Day survivor on Omaha Beach. He was one of two that survived from his landing craft on that day.
He used the truck to pull a massive camper trailer that was far too large for a half ton truck. Then in his later years he lost his vision to the point where he shouldn't have been driving, and thus kept wrecking it in ditches, and hitting deer, etc. So this explains the desire for "function" over "looks" mentality.
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