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Originally Posted by Botnst
My Dad broke his arm cranking it. To go up steep hills in Austin he had to drive in reverse. He and his brothers drove it to the Chicago World's Fair and back.
What kind of mileage does it get?
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Flat out at 40mph about 22,less so in towns where you pedal between high and low.
You can do better if you replace the buzz coils with a proper distributor with a hotter spark.
A popular treatment was to oxy-cut a 1 inch hole in the intake manifold and place a pivoted cover over it.When one was wailing away at speed one opened the cover with a wire and supposedly saved fuel.There were also Kerosene carbs and other economy devices since the Model T owner was considered to be concerned with economy,thus a ripe target for dubious after market suppliers.