[FC] A Greenbrier Recruit

[J R Read_HML]

It is likely NOT a 140 in a van - though it HAS been done.  How many carbs?
2=110 or less, 4=140, 1=turbo - but that would not fit.  Is the oil dip
stick in the oil filler neck?  Truck engine and probably 80HP if original.
Is it on the right hand side of the top (fan) shroud?  Car engine and could
be anything from 102 to 140.  What # is on the engine?  Starts with a T and
ends with 2 letters.  What are those 2 letters?
Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Travis Thayer" <cmdoptesc.pwnt at gmail.com>
To: "Michael Kovacs" <kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> A Greenbrier Recruit


> Glad I asked about gas; I would've just run it on 87 without a thought....
> The engine is actually the third engine in the van (I found the PO's
> listing
> on CorvairCenter where he stated that the second one had gone up in smoke
> on
> the freeway), and (like the 2nd one) I'd bet it's a 140. I'll tag down the
> number on the engine block and see someone can help me figure out for
> sure.
>
> As for work, I guess I'll get to it on the brakes, then!
>
> I realize that I didn't specify this when I posted: I'm from California
> but
> I go to school in Appleton, WI. I'm going to be going home for the summer
> (without the car :\) and storing the van at my friend's house in Oshkosh,
> WI. So my general location is somewhere between Appleton and Oshkosh
> depending on where we're working on the car.
>
> Are there any good mechanics in the area? What about a club? I could make
> it
> down to Milwaukee, but it'd be nice if there was something closer. Someone
> recognized this van on another forum and is trying to get me the number of
> the mechanic who was working on it with the PO, so I think that'll be a
> lot
> of help. The PO passed away and his son sold the car to me, so they were
> likely in the middle of some repairs and whatnot.
>
> Mike, it's a manual 4-speed from the 2nd half of the 1963 model year (a
> normal shifter rather than something weird mounted on the front of the
> bench
> seat.
>
> [Travis Cole Thayer]
> "Classifying mathematical problems as linear or non-linear is like
> classifying the universe as bananas and non-bananas."
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