My dad's first new truck was a 1973 F100. 360 1bbl, C6 auto. 10-12mpg locally, maybe 14hwy except it rarely went on trips without a camping trailer. I don't know what camper MPG was but high single digits sounds about right. Mitch.
> On December 1, 2019 at 1:36 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I had a coworker with an older Chevy 2wd pickup. He towed a boat, and was > getting 10mpg on a good day. He considered the truck severely underpowered. > I told him to swap for one of the snowbird 2wd V10's, in the sub-$2000 > territory, > and to make sure his trailer hitch was stout and securely fastened. (Lest he > rip > it loose from the boat.) He'd get the same mileage, with no lack of power. > Likely he could sell the more vintage (70's?) truck for enough to make the > trade. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
