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on the road again
just washed and checked over the truck..leaving tomorrow morning for a eight day,1400 mile trip...will the old 60 survive another of Hiballs crazy road trips??? of course it will, its a FORD..god bless overdrive.....lol
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Originally Posted by ALBUQ F-1
It appears they've jacked the price of gas back up to $3 just in time for your trip! Good luck, nothing like a road trip for adventure!
Hhhh...gas is cheaper now in Portland than it was before Katrina ($2.63 at the neighborhod ARCOs).
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thanks guys, all went well, never missed a beat, only one minor problem with throttle linkage got stiff, quick stop with a little oil off the end of the dipstick on the sticky joint and away we went...only ended up doing 1280 miles, to many side trips up the mountains on dirt roads used up alot of my time, but well worth it..the old 223 gets a little asmatic at 7900 ft...lots of great country to see in Arizona, can't wait to go back
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fatfenders, we were in the north, grandcanyon, cottonwood, menguis mountains etc, came back covered in red carpet inside and out.........lol..I lived in Tucson years ago, 1957, but may head over there next year to visit mt brotherinlaw
***** B..got 20.5 mpg on one stretch of hiway...but after that it went way down, to many long grades uphill and lots of dirt roads in low gear in the mountains haven't did a total yet...but I'll post it when I get it fiquered out, but got anywhere from 230 miles per tank (low)to 280(high)
***** B..got 20.5 mpg on one stretch of hiway...but after that it went way down, to many long grades uphill and lots of dirt roads in low gear in the mountains haven't did a total yet...but I'll post it when I get it fiquered out, but got anywhere from 230 miles per tank (low)to 280(high)
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enjoy it we did, the old truck loves the road..final total on gas is 75.85 gallons= $235 YIKES!!!! that was only running premium..16.8 mpg overall...and the truck was loaded down with camping equipment and my wife brings enough stuff to last for a month......lol
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17 MPG is nothing too laugh at, That is fantastic!! The 2005 F-150 I have for a work truck barely gets that (of course I can set the cruise at 95mph on some of these lonely New Mexico roads)
Very cool!
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I wish I could do 95, I traveled alot on old route66, no traffic out there but 70 is it... with the overdrive I'm actualy geared to high, I run out of horsepower to pull it but more than a few people were surprised when I past them..........lol