1973 Plymouth Fury Suburban

[70NPORT]

Not mine

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1973...Cars_Trucks&hash=item2ec9d07e6f#ht_500wt_1183

 

[commando1]

Very honest description.
Cheap opening bid w/N.R.
Not all that horrible a car.
Refreshing. Renews my hope that every seller out there is not dillusional

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[70NPORT]

Seeing lots of wagons the past few days

 

[theos911]

Wrong side of PA and wrong distributor location for me to try and swing it. sigh

 

[70NPORT]

Wrong side of PA and wrong distributor location for me to try and swing it. sigh

"Wrong distributor location"....you prefer the 318 in that wagon? I've seen more of those (318/360 wagons) than those with bb power.

 

[theos911]

I appreciate the BB power, not the BB mileage.

 

[70NPORT]

I appreciate the BB power, not the BB mileage.

Ahh, its obviously not as stingy as a small block, but its really not THAT bad. I find that constant stop and go driving (city driving) does kill the mileage, but we did pretty good driving out to Carlisle...mostly highway drive from here to there. I was impressed.

 

[theos911]

Our four ton van barely cracks ten around town with a SB.

 

[70NPORT]

Our four ton van barely cracks ten around town with a SB.

Your van weighs four tons?

 

[theos911]

1985 B350 Maxivan GVW is 8,500 lbs, now whether that is GVWR (maximum weight limit) or GVW (actual curb weight) I do not know, but the point is that the mileage sucks either way.

Edit- Now that I'm thinking about these numbers a second time, two tons of Vehicle weight and two tons of carrying capacity is making a lot more sense.

 

[70NPORT]

1985 B350 Maxivan GVW is 8,500 lbs, now whether that is GVWR (maximum weight limit) or GVW (actual curb weight) I do not know, but the point is that the mileage sucks either way.

Edit- Now that I'm thinking about these numbers a second time, two tons of Vehicle weight and two tons of carrying capacity is making a lot more sense.

Yeah, I was thinking if thats total dry curb weight (4 tons) that's a mighty big *** van....with a 318, no wonder gas mileage is shitty.

 

[theos911]

Nope, it's a 360, but I imagine a 318 would have to work so hard to pull that much that it's mileage would drop from the upper teens down to the same range the 360 currently gets.

 

[300rag]

We had a couple of B350s at work. The mileage on the 360 was at least as good as the 318. With all the supplies we ran over 7000 lbs.

 

[Jeff@Topify]

This would make a great family truckster...

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[theos911]

We had a couple of B350s at work. The mileage on the 360 was at least as good as the 318. With all the supplies we ran over 7000 lbs.

We got this one from a place that rented it out along with canoes and a canoe trailer, so it got beaten on pretty hard. The rear end needed replaced and the 727 needed a rebuild (slipped, bad) and the shop said the tranny didn't have another rebuild left on it. When we first got it, the mileage was 11 & 9. After our best tune by hear/feel and a new Qudrajet it does 11 around town and got a pinch over 15 doing 70 on the turnpike.

Can't complain much, we got it cheap b/c it was listed as a stick (and wasn't...) and the fuel filter was so clogged that it barely ran off the lot under its own power. I personally liked the 74 Sportsman with the milled 318 better, but it had completely rusted to death.