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Originally Posted by Leon
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My first car was a 1966 Ford LTD with the 390 cubic inch V8. Got about 7 miles a gallon. I used to joke that if I left the motor running as I pumped gas I would never get it to fill up because it could easily outrun the standard pump. Gas was around 37 cents a gallon back in 1971-72. So who cared.
When I got out of college, I traded "up" to a 1973 Pinto wagon, with the Firestone 500 radial tires that kept separating from the tread.