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Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?" 40casey #806618 12/14/2011 5:06 AM
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 181 Vacaville, CA 1 123456789101112 Wrench Fetcher
123456789101112 Wrench Fetcher 1 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 181 Vacaville, CA	I drive a '47 inline Chevy six and frequently take 100-500 mile trips. I plan ahead, change my oil and check my coolant PH and replace the fuel filter. No trouble in many years. Just keep the speeds commensurate with the engine speeds not to exceed the factory recommended RPM's. Mine is geared to run at 2790 RPM at 60 MPH. Normbc9

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1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	Red4TBob	12/07/2011 9:30 PM
Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	chevoldsmoyota	12/07/2011 10:08 PM
Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	FriedGreenTmater	12/07/2011 10:12 PM
Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	DrewP	12/08/2011 12:47 AM
Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	Tiny	12/08/2011 1:16 AM
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Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	Cletis	12/08/2011 1:36 AM
Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	twotone	12/08/2011 2:34 AM
Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	BLUEMEANIE	12/08/2011 2:56 AM
Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	40casey	12/08/2011 3:39 AM
Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	Mr. Lang	12/08/2011 3:46 AM
Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	GMONIZ	12/08/2011 6:05 AM
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Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	retired wrench	12/08/2011 6:06 PM
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Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	123456789101112	12/14/2011 5:06 AM
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Re: 1940 Chevy "A 870-Mile Drive. Am I Nuts?"	J Lucas	12/27/2011 7:01 AM
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