Old cars

[34fordy]

I just had a conversation with a fellow that made a trip to California after graduating high school in 1969--He drove his 1950 Ford with a 6 cylinder engine--He said he bought a case of 40 wt oil for the journey--On the return he had to restock and used a total of 42 quarts for the trip--This guy keeps records of everything he has ever spent money on so I am sure of the count--

[ursus]

Originally Posted by 34fordy

I just had a conversation with a fellow that made a trip to California after graduating high school in 1969--He drove his 1950 Ford with a 6 cylinder engine--He said he bought a case of 40 wt oil for the journey--On the return he had to restock and used a total of 42 quarts for the trip--This guy keeps records of everything he has ever spent money on so I am sure of the count--

Funny, but back in the day, some of the best running cars I had were serious oil burners. A '50 Merc was so bad that it needed some aircraft 60-weight in order to go 100 miles without adding more. Nevertheless, that Merc never let me down. I got the used but not abused 60-weight from an outfit that serviced crop dusters. I did a little "dusting" myself by suddenly letting off on the gas when some guy was riding my tail and left him choking on a cloud of heavy blue smoke. Those were the days!