Fuel consumption is a relative term. I get about 6-7 mpg and I average about 1/4 of the time loaded, 3/4 of the time tooling around, usually around 50 mph tops. It doesnt take long to see why the trucks had a large saddle tank on them.
The truck would have come from the factory as 6v positive ground. Mine had also been converted to 12v negative ground. Not absolutely original, but very handy in today's world. I have an electric brake control in mine as a necessity.
Scott
