About a year ago I needed to make a business trip about 200 miles each way. Both my modern drivers (modern LOL! an '85 and an '91) were doing things that bothered me so I decided to drive my '55 1st GMC Suburban.
It got nearly 17 mpg and ran almost flawlessly both ways. I say almost because both ways shortly after a stop and restart it faltered. I still haven't figured out what happened but I suspect its a dirty tank issue.
GMC 270, SM420 and a 3.08 geared rear axle from a Chevelle. Aside from that rear axle, front disk, modern buckets and Cragar mags with radial tires this is a stone stock truck.
Until health issues made it impossible I was considering driving it 800 miles each way to the ATHS show in Pleasanton, CA this weekend. I'm sure I'd have felt the need to work on it some first, but I think the old girl would do it.
