This year model Chrysler 300 with a 440 was my first car. 8 MPG if you drove with some restraint. You could just about watch the fuel gauge falling if you drove with a heavy foot. Slow off the line but once she got moving...wow.
If you want milage and MORE power, put in an injector system ($$$) or a triple carb system where the center carb is something like a Holley Econimizer and the two end carbs are big monsters with mechanical pumps. Problem solved......
A dollar a gallon in those days was crazy. Who had money to spend like that? Cars were under $4000... That makes the avg car about $47k today. Um... Wait... MSRP is $35k and they are charging $54k as a limited edition. This entire comparable chart is out the fkn window. 🤣
I have a 70 Chrysler Newport Custom with 383 2 bbl and she gets about 10-12 in the city and 16-18 on the highway. I can buy a lot of gas too for the price of a payment that I do not have. Car is in very good shape, easy to repair, and cruising great. We have had her since 1973. Take care!
Hi Robert - indeed this is the problem of these huge cars & engines....................very unreasonnable these days, but we can still dream & enjoy those clips can't we ?
with those low profiles , it would ride like crap otherwise , very nice car Put some factory rally wheels with a 60 series , car is not made to do anything but staright line cruising , Highway comfort cruiser
Why is it that everyone on the YT MOPAR posts Never has anything but an old sounding engine or an exhaust system which is SO bad sounding that it makes the engine sound 300,000 miles old!! Why not have exhausts with really cool mello till it roars pipes!!
