Re: Hill climbing with standard eight?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2017/6/22 7:53:36

With the exception of unusually steep hills, I climb hills in 3rd gear and maintain whatever speed I wish to, and can generally accelerate on the hill if desired. For sustained highway driving I find 45-50 mph to be a very comfortable cruising speed and try not to exceed 50 mph except when absolutely necessary.

In case you didn't see Fred's response on your tail lights, yes when you put your car into Reverse your brake lights should come on as an alert to those behind you that you are backing up. Pretty much a standard feature on better cars of the era.