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I can certainly believe this. The cars I knew were all older at the time and always broken down and cobbed togeather, nobody ever got thier engine to last long... but the same situation happened with Bugs which were improperly maintained. > > 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. I knew they made a Greenbrier van with the corvair engine... but the salt here quickly turned them into the "Flintstone van" Keith > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >