I had a friend in High School with a 60 Chevy 1/2 ton 235 CI. He only got about
10MPG. Look at the rear end if you want to improve it much. My '54 Chevy 3600
only got about 9MPG according to the previous owner. My Dad's old F*$d only got
11MPG for a 1959 with a 292CI. Real Old Trucks are made to carry loads, go
slow, and get poor mileage! Just ask some of the other guys what they get with
stock rear ends. The mileage should not vary much unless you get a 3:08 for the
rear axle.
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From: "Samuel Quincy" <samuelquincy@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: "Samuel Quincy" <samuelquincy@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 16:12:04 PDT
>I've got a 59 Chevy Apache 1/2 ton, 235 stock. It's a daily driver and I've
been driving it for about a year and a half, though I had the engine
remanufactured in November (would have loved to do it myself but was not
excited about doing a rebuild on the street in LA!). My question though is
about fuel economy. I really don't know what I should be aiming for, though
I have a sense it should be higher than the 10mpg that I get in the city.
I'm thinking about getting over to a shop with a dynomometer to fine tune
it. I don't do any heavy hauling to speak of with it. Any of you all's
suggestions or comments as to what I could do to amp up the economy factor
would be real welcome. Thanks--
Sam Quincy
59 Apache 235
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