Anyone like Ford Bronco's?

Nice! Takes me back to the days of my mis spent youth

 

That Famous Potato Bowl was sick shit. Go Vandals!

 

Shit, that's awesome mileage. My 79 Bronco Ranger XLT only got 8 or 9 mpg. The engine had been modified a tad. I loved that beast, but it sucked the gas too damned fast. That's when I bought a 94 4Runner.

 

8 OR 9 MILES A GALLON? Jesus.

 

Yep. 351M400. Balanced, blueprinted. High performance Cam. Headers. Bunch of crap. Didn't matter if you were driving nicely down the road, or pulling a house. 8 to 9 mpg. Gearing was nuts. Previous owner had done a bunch of stuff I had to remove to legally smog the beast. All the speed mods he did weren't worth a crap since he left the factory gearing in place. Owners manual said the prime cruising speed was 45! Some day I'd love to own a First Gen. But, much like your reasoning not to get a Jeep, I need the room for dogs and hunting gear.

 

8- 10 miles to the gallon on mine. 351W, 4:56 gears, 37 inch tires, would get rid of the taco in a heart beat if i had to choose.