[PPCC] Ever See a Corvair go 186mph?

[halpinem at comcast.net]

Larry Schubert from the RMC/VCC had passed this on to me to share. 


This is Charlie Friend, a Corvair enthusiast from New Mexico going really fast in his V8 Mid-Engine Corvair, running the Nevada Open Road Challenge last May in the 180 class. The rear tire blew out at 186 mph: 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JITmiRuJxCg 


And this is what the car looked like afterwards: http://autoxer.skiblack.com/nallm/CF/ 





Ed Halpin 
Prez PPCC 

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Interesting Video from Larry Schubert. 















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