September 28th, 2018, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Medford, Oregon
Truck: 1962, 1965, 1967
Posts: 868
Rep Power: 343
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Re: Who says an old truck isn't practical? lol
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Originally Posted by Quigley
After a few short shakedown runs I drove my 62 to a rifle shooting match northwest of Minneapolis, Mn. last weekend. Put on a little over 500 miles and it never missed a beat. 4.56 rear gears and a 3 speed, ran it 60 mph most of the time, and got passed about 800 times. I was impressed that it used no oil or water and really shocked that it got 13.5 MPG. Got to install overdrive so I can keep up with traffic better. Plan on driving the heck out of it.  Dave |
That's a nice looking pair of trucks!
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Ed Snyder
Medford, Oregon
1962 1000 Pickup 401M & Muncie 318 with overdrive
1962 K1000 Suburban 401M & SM420
1965 2500 Suburban 351C & SM420 with Watson overdrive
1967 CM1500 pickup 351E & NP435
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