RW>RN> You could have changed the rear end ratio and gotten much better
RW>RN> mileage.
 
RW> Or install taller tires until he could afford the gears.
 
I can't recall exactly, but a ring gear and pinion probably weren't that
expensive in the early seventies.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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