My Dad had a '63 with a 390. If I remember correctly the tires were 8.25x14. On a wet road you could shift all four gears and peg the speedometer, without moving more than a hundred feet. Tire wear was pretty poor, 2500 miles and they were gone. Could have had something to do with teenage drivers. Gas mileage was ten or twelve mpg, if you were very careful, more like six or eight if you got after it all. AND, it used high-test, at 37.9 cents a gallon, instead of regular a 32.9.
I wrecked it twice in eight months, and the second time was the end. The first time was my fault, the second time some fool pulled a U-turn in front of me on a blind hill. His insurance Co. said it was my fault anyway because I was a teenager.
Dad bought the car for $1200, Insurance (ours) paid him $800, and he sold the engine and transmission for $400. So, except for tags, insurance, operating expenses and repairs from the first wreck, we had the car free for the whole eight months that he owned it.
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