You expect to get forty miles to the gallon in that? Why, that old wreck has a monster V8; besides, it's fifty years old and needs an overhaul.

I state possibly true or possibly false due the gasoline that was made then vs. now. Also, cars or trucks in this century gets 29 City mpg and 35 highway mpg.

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V8 engines didn't get 40 miles to the gallon when they were new. It would be impossible for them to improve without being overhauled and adapted and have a miracle worker do the work.