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Pickuptrucks.com top 10 list of "better than average gas mileage" classic trucks

Number 10: the 1928-31 Model A... 17-21 mpg
Number 9: 1937-47 Austin Bantam 35 to 50 mpg
Number 8: 1940-62 Crosley 41 mpg
Number 7: 1950 Austin A40 28 to 35 mpg
Number 6: 1954 -56 Powell Sport 28 mpg
Number 5: 1961 Volkswagen Pickup 20-25 mpg
Number 4: 1960-1966 Ford Ranchero 24-30 mpg with the smallest engine
Number 3: 1960 Crofton Bug (A Crosley at heart) 44-50 mpg
Number 2: 1964-1966 Chevrolet El Camino 14-20 mpg with the smallest engine
Number 1: 1961-1971 International Harvester Scout Pickup 25-28 mpg with the smallest engine

http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/stories/history/pumppassing/page1.html

Ever notice signs of car guys that have paved the way ahead of you? In this case, literally. Almost all the road names are car related

I was working in this neighborhood a while ago, and it took two me two street signs to see a connection, so I looked in my Thomas Brothers Guide map of the area.. and look at all the cool car and racing related names of the streets! Somebody in planning street names has a thing for racing.

I don't know how some are related, but here are some obvious ones:
Lime Rock, Concours, Pierce and Arrow courts, Offy, Muncie, Bearcat, Packard, Runabout, Autocross, Foyt, Jag, Cord, Fiat, Oldfield, Darlington, Donahue, Muira, Seca, Targa