| It's A Cruiser [message #92929] |
Thu, 22 July 2010 22:21 |
George Beckman
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Colfax, CA
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We are on a jaunt to Oregon. Depoe Bay is the destination, where Ruth's aunt and uncle live. (We live in Madera... the middle of California.) Stayed near Sacramento with Daughter Dearest, Husband and a little Squeaker.
We are at Rogue River State Park, tonight. Nice. Lots of trees. Lots of traffic noise from I-5. Folks said it was 103 here today at the park. Ugh. Cooling off now.
The coach is running beautifully. We are not towing this time. We came up 99 and 5, so the dash air has been on the whole time. The second evaporator JimK put in ran on the first fan click or off. Fan clutch came on once on the way to Sacramento. Today there were some 6%s to climb. Never turned the air off. The fan was on for about five minutes on one second gear grind. Never got to 210 F.
First tank, according to the EBL What's Up Display, was 10.2 MPG. We are getting the trip MPG adjusted so the first tank was within 0.8 gallons. Today, 9.3, so far. We will get gas in the AM. 9.3, with air, and lots of hills and valleys is not bad. I saw the trip MPG at 8.6 at the top of two grades that got the 455's attention.
This is a '74 Eleganza SE 26' with a 455, original final drive and computer controlled fuel and spark. Man these are great machines. It's a Cruiser.
'74 Eleganza, SE, Howell + EBL
Best Wishes,
George
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