mpg on 64 Rambler
OfflineFollow up to Frank & Tom on my mileage. Got 21 MPG in my 64 American 220 wagon on the way up to the Hemmings weekend in Vermont. All of the suggestions you made had been done, what I needed was a real sustained long drive. We went up NY #22 and the round trip was in excess of 400 miles, the little wagon performed quite nicely! My only glitch was a broken throttle cable which was repaired with a bicycle brake or shifter cable.Thanks also for your advice about the overdrive, I may attempt that anyway.
Ian
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Ian Murtaugh wrote:
> Follow up to Frank & Tom on my mileage. Got 21 MPG in my 64 American 220 wagon on the way up to the Hemmings weekend in Vermont. All of the suggestions you made had been done, what I needed was a real sustained long drive. We went up NY #22 and the round trip was in excess of 400 miles, the little wagon performed quite nicely! My only glitch was a broken throttle cable which was repaired with a bicycle brake or shifter cable.Thanks also for your advice about the overdrive, I may attempt that anyway.
Cool! There's nothing like a long drive to shake out bugs, get familiar
with the thing and enjoy it! 21mpg in a waggin' ain't bad!
So that's a 3 speed without OD? How fast did you cruise?
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