Happy new owner

[TTaM]

Well, we finally got it. This weekend, my father and I flew down to San Antonio from Chicago, purchased our '76 240D and drove it the 1300 or so miles back to Chicago straight through. What a great car. The 4sp manual tranny made the car actually fun to drive. Some of the larger hills in Missouri gave us grief, but all was fine. Motor mounts probably should be replaced. Now for the questions. The car got around 27mpg w/ speeds between 65 and 75. Is this what we should be getting, we were thinking it would be a little more. Also, the dash lights didn't work at first, but w/ some manipulating, we got them to come on. Is this a common problem? An easy fix maybe. It seems to be the switch. Also, many of you said at the speed we were going, your cars smoked. Ours didn't smoke that much, is this a good sign? Oil comsumption... what should we expect? This car has the orginal Becker Europa am/fm radio w/ the one speaker. Should we keep this or update to a newer system? The heater blower isn't functioning. If a new blower is needed, is it going to be a big fix? It came from TX and the last owner never had to use the heater. We get heat while moving, but that is just from it blowing through. Last question... the fuel gauge doesn't seem to work, is it worthwhile to attempt a fix? I know on my Bronco II, the gauge doesn't work, and the fix would be a real pain so I just use the trip odo. to tell when to fill up. Hey, the clock works, so I'm happy. Sorry for this novel of a post, I guess I'm just excited of the possibilities with this car. Thanks for all the help and advice you guys have already given me.