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Originally Posted by boatpuller
My dad was a Studebaker fan. He always said how they were "ahead of their time". A 57 golden hawk with a 289 V8 could get close to 30 mpg and flat scoot to boot. And they were a big comfortable car.
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Your dad was correct and by tweeking the carb jets you could get 30mpg and another thing is the V-8's got better mileage with the correct tranny and rear end than the 6 bangers..