highest mileage ever?
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I'm new here and enjoy the BB. I had an '83 nissan maxmia diesel. Bought it in '85 with 28,000 on it. Sold it still running in 2000 with 361,000. Replaced the injector timing belt a few times. Only thing I ever replaced in the engine. I earned quite a few dollars on bets with that car. I totaled it 3 years before I sold it and bought it back for $150. Only had to replace hood, one fender, one door, grill parts and paint. When I sold it for $500 I always told people I drove it 361,000 miles and sold it for more then I paid for it!
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one tech i work with said that a mid 80's transport van with a 6.9l diesel had over 800,000 miles on it when it died
my friends parents own 2 3.0l airostar vans with around 270,000 and going
we have a regular coustomer come in with a ranger with a 2.9l that has just over 500,000 on it with just one head replacement
my 7.3 just has 97000 on it so its still a baby
my friends parents own 2 3.0l airostar vans with around 270,000 and going
we have a regular coustomer come in with a ranger with a 2.9l that has just over 500,000 on it with just one head replacement
my 7.3 just has 97000 on it so its still a baby
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1985 f-150 bought used in '91
it has 750k on it, engine was rebuilt just under 600k due to driver error
STILL hauls 3 loads of corn every 2 days during the summer with a trailer attatched
it is a beauty, it was bought off of a older gentlemen in may of 91 and hasn't been retired yet, they just bought a 1999 350 to tow more corn and other various farm equipment, but hte 85 is still used
it has 750k on it, engine was rebuilt just under 600k due to driver error
STILL hauls 3 loads of corn every 2 days during the summer with a trailer attatched
it is a beauty, it was bought off of a older gentlemen in may of 91 and hasn't been retired yet, they just bought a 1999 350 to tow more corn and other various farm equipment, but hte 85 is still used
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LONG family history of driving cars forever...
Mom's 1975 Chrysler New Yorker was sold with 189,000 miles. That had a 440, but just the base
Dad drove a 1972 Comet to right around 420,000 miles before the unibody cracked. It seems every 2 or 3 years he'd replace the engine with whatever he could drag home form the junkyard for $50.
The family car, and later my first car, was a 1979 Lincoln Mark V. Now *here* is a legitimate high mileage story. When it was driven out of the driveway the last time, it had 278,000 miles on it, on the complete original drivetrain, 400M with a special service C6 and 2.47 9" rear with discs. It sat parked for a year because of a terminal rust and mold issue (moonroof leaked internally)... my cousin bought it from us, popped the hood, cleared a rat's nest from the carb inlet, poured a capfull of gas, and jump started her.. fired right up! Air in the tires and drove it to his scrapyard.
"honorable mention" goes to my '84 Tbird 3.8v6 which was disabled at 192,000 with a dead tranny. It was on it's second set though...
OBTW, on allpar.com there's a list of Chrysler cars with 200,000 miles plus on them... K-cars apparently also run until the doors fall off.
Mom's 1975 Chrysler New Yorker was sold with 189,000 miles. That had a 440, but just the base
Dad drove a 1972 Comet to right around 420,000 miles before the unibody cracked. It seems every 2 or 3 years he'd replace the engine with whatever he could drag home form the junkyard for $50.
The family car, and later my first car, was a 1979 Lincoln Mark V. Now *here* is a legitimate high mileage story. When it was driven out of the driveway the last time, it had 278,000 miles on it, on the complete original drivetrain, 400M with a special service C6 and 2.47 9" rear with discs. It sat parked for a year because of a terminal rust and mold issue (moonroof leaked internally)... my cousin bought it from us, popped the hood, cleared a rat's nest from the carb inlet, poured a capfull of gas, and jump started her.. fired right up! Air in the tires and drove it to his scrapyard.
"honorable mention" goes to my '84 Tbird 3.8v6 which was disabled at 192,000 with a dead tranny. It was on it's second set though...
OBTW, on allpar.com there's a list of Chrysler cars with 200,000 miles plus on them... K-cars apparently also run until the doors fall off.
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My family has run several I-6s over 300,000 miles, all original. 200s 250s and 300s. These motors are prone to long life. They wont win any races though. Also the c4 didnt seem to mind these low hp motors any. On one of the 250s I never even changed my tranny fluid for 190 thousand miles. I was very young and didnt know what preventitive maintanence was.
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Originally posted by xylon
starting in 1992 to present day is 10 years,
3650 days that he had his truck
3650 days driving 24 hours a day = 87600 hours of driving
87600 hours of driving times 70 miles per hour = 6,132,000 miles
It would be really cool if this truck had this millage on it but come on.
Not trying to be difficult but I am bored at work and decided to figure it out.
starting in 1992 to present day is 10 years,
3650 days that he had his truck
3650 days driving 24 hours a day = 87600 hours of driving
87600 hours of driving times 70 miles per hour = 6,132,000 miles
It would be really cool if this truck had this millage on it but come on.
Not trying to be difficult but I am bored at work and decided to figure it out.
365.24 days (leap years, remember)x 12 years ('92 model year was available in 91 and it's now 03, benefit of the doubt)=4383 days x 24hours per day = 105,192 hours. 6,273,534 miles / 105,192 hours = 59.639 (rounded up) mph. That would be almost 60 miles per hour for 12 years solid with no stops. Hmm, I guess at 70 with an occasional stop it could be done.
Last edited by Carlene; Apr 21, 2003 at 04:34 PM.
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312,000 of HARD logger km's and the transfer case finally let go other than that the drive train is all original and dosent burn a drop of oil 
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our 92 chev ck3500 with a 6.5 turbo has 188,000 and still going strong(and looking good). All we've done to it is a turbo, injectors, and a tranny. The trans mission broke the shifting forks from towing 20k around(our fault). This truck is a farm service truck that spends alot of rough miles offroad
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1976 F-150 300cu 3 w/granny. 192,000 rear main went,probably
could have fixed it and drove on but traded.i wouldnt be suprised
if that truck was on the road today.it is a crying shame that they
cant intigrate todays technology with that kind of reliability,and longevity. I am impressed with my current 01 F-150 but i truley
dought that i will get the kind of long lived performance that
I got from that truck.........
could have fixed it and drove on but traded.i wouldnt be suprised
if that truck was on the road today.it is a crying shame that they
cant intigrate todays technology with that kind of reliability,and longevity. I am impressed with my current 01 F-150 but i truley
dought that i will get the kind of long lived performance that
I got from that truck.........
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http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/hom...ail.asp?ID=369
Go to the above site.
That truck has some high miles
Go to the above site.
That truck has some high miles
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My first truck was a 1980 F100 with a 351 and a 4 speed and shortbox bed. When the body finally rusted to pieces, it had over 560,000 km's on it (approx 336,000 miles) and the only major repair it ever needed was to have the carb rebuilt.
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