[Oletrucks] Silverado fuel consumption

[Robert Bostelaar]

Do hear you, Miq, but have to admit, the gas mileage discussion has
been most interesting!



> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:40:31 -0700
> From: Miq Millman <miq at bigllama.com>
> Subject: Re: [Oletrucks] 84 Silverado

> This discussion is borderline on topic.  While an '87 is indeed an old
> truck to have on the road these days, it doesn't qualify as an
> "Oletruck"--that's reserved for Task Force and Advance Design series
> (1941-1959).  There are other discussion mailing lists out there for
> the later gen models, and if you have model specific queries they
> might be better addressed there.
>
> You can narrow your search by looking for 3rd generation C/K (1973-1987).
>
> The C/K serieses ran from 1960 through 1999.  1st gen was 1960-1966,
> characterized by the protruding hood and trapezoid shaped wheel arch.
> 2nd gen was 1967-1972, the round arch years.  3rd gen had dual
> verticle headlamps and square wheel arches.
>
> For now, since many of the oletruckers have later v8's in their
> trucks, this discussion may be of interest, but don't stray too far
> into specifics on C/K 3rd and expect to see a lot of support here.