Fw: [FC] Re: WC: Autocrossing FCs....now loadside in Sylvan Lake, Alberta...

Tue Aug 30 21:44:43 EDT 2005

well, not IN Sylvan Lake, more like, in the town of Sylvan Lake.... a 
favorite haunt when I was a kid...
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Sullivan" <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
To: <corvairs at cybrus.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:34 PM
Subject: RE: Fw: [FC] Re: WC: Autocrossing FCs....


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> Hi,
>
> It would be great to know if this Loadside were a '62. If so, I would like
> to add it to my registry. They didn't make many in '62; somewhat more in
> '61. They were discontinued after two years.
>
> Two easy ways to tell: '61 FCs do not have the drip rails on either side 
> of
> the windshield and the first digit of the VIN is the final digit of the 
> year
> (1 = '61, 2 = '62, etc.).
>
> Thanks.
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> From: corvairs-owner at cybrus.net [mailto:corvairs-owner at cybrus.net] On 
> Behalf
> Of billpat at telusplanet.net
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:09 PM
> To: corvairs at cybrus.net
> Subject: Re: Fw: [FC] Re: WC: Autocrossing FCs....
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> Hi all,
> Thought I'd just add this thought to the list on this posting.  Attended a
> show and shine in Sylvan Lake AB on the weekend (there was actually 
> another
> Corvair there, a 66 Monza vert.....NICE) but I also met a man who had a FC
> pickup for sale. I thought they were all Rampsides but he says no.  Is
> running
> but body needs attention.   If anyone is interested get back to me and 
> I'll
> pass his name along.
> Bill
>
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>> yeah, dumb idea... but it is on  the way to a Greenbrier dually!!!!!
>>
>> Merv Krull
>> Salmon Arm, BC
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Merv Krull" <krupross at sunwave.net>
>> To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [FC] Re: WC: Autocrossing FCs....
>>
>>
>> > Still rolling... how about bolt both rear wheels to one side.... ????
>> > <bfceg>
>> > Merv
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>> > From: "Merv Krull" <krupross at sunwave.net>
>> > To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>; <corvairs at cybrus.net>
>> > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:59 PM
>> > Subject: [FC] Re: WC: Autocrossing FCs....
>> >
>> >
>> >> OK... weight in the back end is a dumb idea.... shoulda said
>> >> something more like a 1 inch slab of iron cut to fit the lower
>> >> floor section of the
>>
>> >> FC weighing around 1200 lbs. Still, that would 17 inches or so off
>> >> the ground adding to instead of lowering the cog.....
>> >> how about filling the rear tires with tractor tire solution....?
>> >> maybe even coating them with root beer to make em really sticky???
>> >> "dare to be different"
>> >> toodles
>> >> Merv
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>> >> From: "Les" <corvair at mts.net>
>> >> To: <corvairs at cybrus.net>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:02 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: WC: Autocrossing FCs....
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >>> Unless you could add weight *below* the rear roll centre it would
>> >>> increase not reduce body roll.
>> >>>
>> >>> Then you would be also increase oversteer due to rear weight bias.
>> >>>
>> >>> You'd be futher ahead reducing weight anywhere up high and at back.
>> >>> Making your Greenbrier look like a Rampside would be a great start!
>> >>>
>> >>> Les
>> >>>
>> >>> Bording Ostergaard wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Vehicle dynamics are not often _best_ improved by adding weight,
>> >>>> particularly autocross.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> At 11:19 PM 8/20/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> I just had a thought after seeing how FCs handled the autocross
>> >>>>> at Portland...
>> >>>>>  Would it help if additional weight was placed in the back
>> >>>>> (securely) to reduce the chances of the inner rear wheel taking
>> >>>>> the corner about a foot above the other three?
>> >>>>>  For sure a front stabilizer would do most of the trick, and a
>> >>>>> rear stabilizer if it were possible, but I kinda think that the
>> >>>>> FCs were designed to handle better under load than empty.
>> >>>>>  Any thoughts?
>> >>>>>  Merv Krull
>> >>>>> Salmon Arm, BC
>> >>>>
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