That Rochester was really an impressive carb. My brother and I would turn the air cleaner cover over, and when you opened up the other 2 barrels, it really sucked in the air!
On Dec 5, 2012, at 3:42 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: > I can believe ten around town. I had a Bonneville that would pull that > around town easy. The 455 hardly has to run with all of it's torque. The > Rochester Q'jet that came on those cars had smaller primaries than most > 2bbl carbs of the time. If you had a very light foot you could get some > pretty impressive mpg figures. Better gas then too. > > Mike > On Dec 5, 2012 3:37 PM, "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > >> 14 on the highway maybe but you are not going to convince me that it did >> 10-12 in town. >> >> Randy >> >> >> On 05/12/2012 2:34 PM, Jon Agne wrote: >> >>> I grew up with a '72 Olds 88 455. It would 10-12 around town and 14 on >>> the highway. I later bought a '73 88 with a 350 2-bbl carb. I got a >>> constant 11mpg no matter what. >>> >>> They took regular gas. >>> >>> Jon >>> >>> >>> >>> On Dec 5, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: >>> >>> On 05/12/2012 1:21 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: >>>> >>>>> Not a Benz, but... >>>>> >>>>> http://portland.craigslist.**org/clk/cto/3452336232.html<http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/3452336232.html> >>>>> >>>>> Was the rear-facing third row a common feature back in the heyday of >>>>> full-size American station wagons? I was a kid in the '70s but my >>>>> parents >>>>> had a VW microbus, so this is interesting news to me if so. >>>>> >>>>> Alex >>>>> >>>>> Oooh! It has the 455 cid motor too. Now, if that requires the high >>>> octane fuel and you get 4 mpg, how much will it cost to go get the >>>> groceries? >>>> >>>> Randy >>>> >>>> PS - my brother in law has a '72 Ventura with a 455. No idea what the >>>> mileage is because he refuses to check it. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>> To search list archives >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives >>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
