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On 16 Dec 2004 at 19:26, Keith Park wrote: > Well... Ill bet it was a wild ride, but if I ever did a conversion like this > (after the Labotomy) I sure wouldnt put a chevy in it... I remember people > having all kinds of problems with the Corvair motors... a Porche engine (if > you can afford it) would make a much better choice. Careful what you say about Corvair engines. They were well designed, but poorly understood by people used to working on cast iron blocks. Their weaknesses were much like ours. If you were willing to use a torque wrench they gave very good service. My father bought a '60 Corvair in the fall of '59, on the VERY FIRST DAY they came out. We had a number of recalls with that car, but that wasn't bad at all for a brand new design. By '65 they had a really good car. Personally I always thought it was way ahead of its time, but the American public wasn't really ready for it. It's probably one of the big reasons that I'm so fond of rear engine, rear wheel drive, air-cooled cars. Just look at it as the logical progression from VW, to Porsche, to Corvair. Did you know that they even made a Squareback Corvair? They must not have made many; I only ever saw one of them. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~