[V8Vairs] [fastvair] Corvair V8 - Crown Conversion

[GnKHOFFMAN at aol.com]

Bryan:
 
The e-mail address I had for Greg Riley is _gsriley1 at sbcglobal.net_ 
(mailto:gsriley1 at sbcglobal.net) ;  I don't  know if he sells them directly or not.
 
Greg's book isn't a hardbound book; it is holepunched and bound with one of  
those plastic binders.  There are a couple of sources, including  e-bay.  The 
e-bay one is listed at $30; but the cover price is  $19.95.  I beileve it can 
be bought from Clarks. .....  The book was  published by "Garage DeLuxe, PO 
Box 2155 Cleveland Texas, 77328, _www.garagedlx.com_ (http://www.garagedlx.com)  
" (copy writed  2005).  
 
For me, the book was well worth the $20 plus shipping.  I insured my  car 
with Hagerty (and typically Hagerty's rules are they don't insure  kit-cars).  My 
agent submitted portions of the book to Hagerty, and they  decided to insure 
my car ....... as a standard Corvair (probably because they  didn't have any 
other way to classify it).  My work in progress V8 car  (which is a driver 
while I am fixing it up) is insured for $6K, and my  restored1946 CJ2A Willys is 
insured for $9K.  Full coverage, no deductible,  and my annual premium for both 
is $172.  Regular insurance with Farmers,  without collision, would have been 
twice that.
 
The book isn't in-depth detailed, but is a great overview.  It is 100  pages 
long (pretty large print), and the table of contents reads...  Introduction, 
Acknowledgements, Ted Trevor & The Corv-8, Racing heritage,  Kelmark, Mid 
Engineering, Buick Olds Pontiac V-8, Adellc & The Super 'Vair,  Other V-8 Corvairs, 
Transaxles, Cooling Systems, Other Tech Highlights, Lob Buck  Road Rocket, 
Rouge's Gallery, Resources, Definitions.    The "Ted  Trevor & The Corv-8" 
section is the one on Crown conversions, and is 14  pages long (again, it doesn't 
go into great detail).
 
 
If you join the V8 Registry, you can get some copies of other manuals  etc;   
see
http://www.corvair.org/chapters/v8vairs/techarticles.htm
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/29/2008 8:45:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
bryan at skiblack.com writes:

Hi  Gary,

Like a lot of other folks, I'm always on the lookout for  Corvair  
books - can you give us some details about Riley's book -  publisher,  
date, maybe ISBN?  Thanks!

--Bryan

On  Jun 28, 2008, at 7:39 PM, GnKHOFFMAN at aol.com wrote:

> I don't recall  Greg Riley's book covers that detail, but it is an  
>  excellent
> book about the history, and various types of V8  Corvairs.  I do  
> believe  that
> Clarks still  carrys the Crown Manual on doing a V8 conversion,  
> which  would  be
> a good resource for you.







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