<VV> Drive those Corvairs

[Clark Hartzel]

I just completed my trip from Michigan to Vermont for our annual VICE
chapter tours and meeting.  I drove my 1965 500 4-door with 140HP engine and
Powerglide trans.  I put 1,745 miles on the car and got 23.7 MPG at freeway
speeds and thru the twisty hilly roads of Vermont for 4 days.  I delivered
four tires to Pete Koehler in PA and four wheels to Tim Colson in NY.
There must be something to the story that synthetic oil causes leaks as I
put Mobil 1 10W30 oil in before I left and the engine now has some leaks
where it never leaked before.  Of course before this trip I just used
whatever oil was cheapest at the FLAPS.  On the other hand I never got that
good a gas mileage before, so maybe the synthetic oil is slipperier than
cheap dino oil.  I did use the best premium gas at every fill up. 
One of our tours was taking the ferry across Lake Champlain to Fort
Ticonderoga.  A great time was had by all.
Clark (tired) Hartzel