’79 Mark V by Kuripiiritus

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Unfortunately not yet. Haven't been driving the car that much. Drove last weekend for couple of hours. Still half tank to go. Also the fuel is still leaking, as i haven't had time to go to a garage with a lift, to check it out. Seems that it might need some more carburetor adjusting. Had a little hesitation.. but only once.. have to analyze what should i think of this. And the mileage won't be probably that good, as it's fun to drive the car now  

There should be a longer trip coming on mid July, around couple of hundred miles, this should show the mileage. But until that not sure how often i have the opportunity to wake the beast 

7-6-2009

In the weekend had a possibility to drive a little. Fixed the fuel leak , i was able to tighten the fuel hose connection out of the fuel pump by a notch and that did the trick. Also tightened the intake manifold a little, was not able to tighten it according to specs as i don't have the proper tools for this. The metric system ones turn over at some point. Didn't want to damage them more. Will tighten the final notch when i manage to get some right tools.

After all this filled up the tank.. got an impressive 7.8 mpg  But seems that the main culprit was the leak, as i cruised around the whole weekend in the city .. around 80 miles and the fuel meter is still above full  Will see when i get more do drive, but looking good so far.