Now wait a minute: We changed the facts from a Type II to a type I, and a
very early Type I. I have tons of experience in all types of Type Is and
the fuel mileage with a "stock" engine, particularly in the 36/40 horse
variety will normally run anywhere from the low 30s to the mid 40s
depending on speed driven and driving conditions. I once won an economy
run (still have the trophy somewhere) in 1968 in a 65 bug equipped with a
1600 single port engine running an 019 distributor, extractor exhaust,
Zenith 32 NDIX carb on an Empi intake manifold. Required average speed for
the run was 40 mph and covered some 200 miles in and around north of
Dallas. The mileage: 72 mpg. We were drafting 18 wheelers, coasting at
every opportunity with the engine turned off, running so much pressure in
the Michelin X tires I'm surprised that they didn't blow up, throttle pump
disconnected on the carb, main jets so lean in the carb it would hardly run
and the generator disconnected to prevent it from charging. Also driving
in the summer time with all windows rolled up and the wind wings
closed. Probably used some other sneaky techniques that I can't
recall. That was almost 40 years ago.
Always thought I could take an oval window with a bone stock 36 and tune it
to easily get 50 mpg on the open road driving at a steady 40-50 mpg.
At 09:27 AM 2/28/2006, you wrote:
3 years ago when Tim Drachenburg and I went to the Nac show in his 51 type 1, He was getting 42 miles per gallon. But we were only going 55 mph.
<mailto:Sammiesmith@xxxxxxxxx>Sammiesmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Peter: Most of the owners' manuals (from memory) say 18-20. On a good day, no head wind and casual driving, yeah maybe 20. The old 36/40s in average driving most of the time have a hard time making 20.
At 09:26 PM 2/27/2006, you wrote:
>Wow, I used to get way better MPGs than that with my 23 window. I drove
>it daily for 5 1/2 years and got 20 mpg with all my normal
>driving. Whenever I would take a highway trip, I would get about 22 mpg.
>Peter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sammie Smith
>Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:50:25
>To:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Buses on the Beach '06
>
>The Type II, if you're lucky, gets about 18 mpg on the highway. It holds
>40 liters (about 10.5 gallons). Figure that out. I think, if my math is
>correct, that's about 189 miles. Sharon, you were doing better than 18
>mpg or you would have run out 2 miles short of the station instead of 1 mile.
>
>
>
>At 01:32 PM 2/27/2006, you wrote:
> >Shron ,I stop every two hours weather I need gas or
> >not , I fill up , didn't take me about 10+ plus times
> >to come up with this rather primitive plan ,but if I
> >follow my rule it works
> >
> >--- Sharon Chamberlain wrote:
> >
> > > OK so Steve tells me I can go 200 miles on a tank of
> > > gas, I drove the camper
> > > home from Houston by myself, everything was fine and
&
gt; > > I was really enjoying > > > it til I ran out of gas near Corsicana,190 miles,I > > > should have stopped > > > earlier but I was choosy, the station was a mile > > > away. But I was rescued by > > > Denis Holbrooks friends Ronnie & Theresa that cooked > > > shrimp for everyone > > > Sat, they are so nice, man I was happy to see them. > > > Think we'll fix the > > > gauge, I'm tired of this and I don't like carrying a > > > can of gas in the car > > > with us it stinks. We had a good time anyway, good > > > to see everyone. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > > > Of coocoo@xxxxxxx > > > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 9:39 PM > > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Buses on the Beach '06 > > > > > > Shirley was the coffee queen this morning. I think > > > that for Nacogdoches I > > > will bring coffee to everybody. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: "Ronnie Hughes" > > > > Date: 2006/02/26 Sun PM 09:17:25 EST > > > > To: > > > > Subject: [tcb] Buses on the Beach '06 > > > > > > > > Well, I made it back this morning in time to see > > > my son before he went > > > back to college. I left about 7:00 and got to the > > > Woodlands at 8:45. > > > Smooth sailing all the way. Sorry, I couldn't say > > > good-bye to everyone, but > > > I'm sure you would rather sleep. > > > > > > > > Denis, hope you f ound some coffee this AM. > > > > > > > > Thanks to everyone for a fun weekend, even with > > > the rain and WIND. > > > > > > > > Ronnie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Paul Smith > >www.23window.com/thezone > >Praise The Lowered > >T.C.B. > >H.B.B. > > > >BlackBerry service provided by Nextel
