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.
>>>> 
>>>> 
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