How many gallons on empty?
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On both of the '71's, when the gauge reads E, I have only a gallon or so left in the tank. If you look inside the fuel tank, the sock screen just barely has gasoline touching it.
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I guess that would be caused by the fuel sloshing around under acceleration and deceleration. My fuel gauge wobbles all over the place after about the half full point.
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I don't usually let it get to E and I've never let it run completely out of gas because I don't want to suck sludge. My recent experience was caused by being on a spontaneous cruise into unfamiliar territory that was curiosly devoid of gas stations.
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It's been quite extensively modified over the years by the previous owner. Apart from being converted to RHD, the engine was taken very close to the original (unreleased) LS-7 specs by using over the counter GM parts. When unleaded arrived it was tamed down but bored out to 468. It's currently running a Holley 4 bbl. It's the most politically incorrect, environmentally unfriendly gas burner in Sydney. I love it and Caltex loves me!
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my 79 has a 20 gallon tank ? At $1.37 / liter ( for bronze gas) and a 90.8 liter tank - thats $124 to fill the tank ! I'm only gonna let it get down to 1/2 tank before I fill. I can't afford to fill it from empty ! 
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At last fill I paid $1.77 a litre for premium unleaded (98ron).
At tonight's currency exchange rate that's the equivalent of US$7.00 per US gallon.
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