How's your MPG?

82 Olds CC 307 with 200 4r, 20 mpg on the highway, 15 mixed driving.

@familytruckster91 I too have wondered about a standard transmission.

 

My Estate is going 20 - 22mpg, mixed. Not very much differece between highway and city, actually..

 

The Shwag is thirsty...

 

The 360 was always a thirsty engine.
In the case of that beautiful car.......who CARES!

 

Thanks Silverfox! That is definitely a consolation. The 4 bbl edelbrock 650 cfm did not help a bit on the mpg (even after jets and needles as lean as could be at 5000 ft above sea level), but damn she sounds mean. Dual flomasters doesn't hurt either.

 

Ditto! If it wasn't for the beauty of our favorite machines my wife would never agree to 15MPG...

 

Should go pretty good, too.

 

Damn Xav! It's almost like you know me! Every time I roll out the Shwag she (my wife) cringes a little...being a very green very proactive tree hugger it's rumbling 360 and 1970's who gives a sh*t about consumtion attitude gives her the pain face as I lay a patch in front of the house with an ear to ear grin on my face.

 

I was actually just looking at pics of your wagon and I was curious to know if you did the custom work yourself and also what all you did?

 

I did everything except squirting the paint, a buddy of mine named Brady Smith at Slim Kustoms handled that (I came to peace that I suck at it a long time ago). The suspension, engine, interior and all body rework I did myself. Building minitrucks for decades was a huge advantage to building this car the "right" way. A four link rear suspension and finished interior are still in the works.

 

Nice work! What was it like when you got it?

 

Bone Stock

She was bone stock. A hideous metallic pea (ugh) a large dent in the front drivers fender. Huge scratches from bumper to bumper on the passengers side (an old lady used a rock wall and side porch to "guide" her out of her narrow driveway) heavy cancer over the rear passenger side wheel well which continued into the threshold. After a nation wide junkyard search for a donor I had a friend of Brady's build the whole section with an english wheel. (750.00 just for that...ouch). The Chrome that wasn't removed and shaved in was all re-chromed. Almost everything rubber was replaced because the car sat for a good 8-10 years. I pulled and freshened up the engine and added chrome and HP goodies from top to bottom. The choice for hydraulic suspension was not my first option. I really wanted air ride but the front control arms were too narrow and too close together for a bag or any air cylinder. I really did'nt want to build a big candllever assembly in and over the engine compartment so the hydraulics made installation easy (to a degree) and with the accumulators it rides like a big old boat. Sorry got a little long winded here.

 

Don't apologize. I like details. Damn! To look at it now you would never know. Fantastic job.

 

Thanks Xav!!! It was a long hard road but worth every second I spent watching her come back to life. I love this car in a way I have a hard time describing to anyone, but car guys and especially wagon guys understand completely. The work on the fender and threshold is still not even visible to this day (7 years after paint) the guy did an amazing job. Brady and I put in about 200 hours doing body work and final finish. Even for a garage queen the paint has held up better than I could have hoped.

 

I love this thread. Last tank I got 16. The next tank will probably make up for it. I get from 10-14 generally, but stayed out of it on flat land.