How many MPG with your A?

Mitch//pa said:
As long as it's running and driving perfectly, set up correctly, the plugs show the proper burn, I don't worry about numbers
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I agree with Mitch. They are like kids.. all a little different. do you know two little old ladies exactly alike? I think not!

Last I checked some time ago on a trip to Kansas City with my '30 tudor I got 23 mpg. I run a ryan overdrive, so it is probably skewed a little.. but as Mitch said with proper tune ( carb & timing) and plugs that are burning well don't worry about it. Other things more important in life than a few more MPG's in my book!
Larry
 
I don't keep track, I don't really care, all I know is I'm driving a Model A and I'm enjoying myself...worth every penny.
 
Cornishman said:
Mine will do more MPG than most of yours because we use bigger gallons!
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I heard that Christopher Columbus got the best mileage in history... over three thousand miles per galleon.
 

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Rex_A_Lott said:
That reminded me, of something Pop told me once, " You gotta watch these people, a man will lie about how much gas mileage and how much ***** he gets".
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also add number and size of fish caught, accuracy at the gun range, and how many points the buck had on it:D

Would anyone have a wild guess of what a 29/29 AA would get with the high speed 5.14:1 rearend?
 
SeaSlugs said:
also add number and size of fish caught, accuracy at the gun range, and how many points the buck had on it:D

Would anyone have a wild guess of what a 29/29 AA would get with the high speed 5.14:1 rearend?
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Maybe 10 if you are lucky. 10 to 12 is the very best I could get out of my 1949 Chevy 1 1/2 ton with a flatbed and a 216 engine. It sounded pretty wound up at 50 MPH, so I liked to drive it 45 as much as possible.

My stock 28 Phaeton gets about 17 in town and 22 on the highway at 45 MPH.
 
CornDog05 said:
I tried to search but did not have any luck. I was wondering what kind of gas mileage everyone is getting out of a stock Model A with a full tank of fuel? Thanks!

-Justin
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I have been tracking fuel mileage on all my cars for one year using the I phone with an application called "Mileage keeper" My 31 Slant Sedan "City & Road Trips" averages 14.2 and my 31 Roadster "all local short trip" averages 13.4.
The best mileage this past year was with my sedan at 19.2 and that was when I took a road trip to Hershey that was mostly non stop secondary roads "No Highway" if I was to run on a highway most likely would be in the low 20s but feel safer on secondary roads. Really do not care much about the mileage but track it because if I find the fuel mileage to drop off I will look for vacuum, carburetor or timing issues so tracking fuel mileage can be a pretty good tool to identify a problem before it gets to be a major issue.
 
Why worry with the numbers, if all is well, upper teens is good. Just enjoy the drive, 10 miles or 1000 miles. Jim Langley...
 
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