[V8Vairs] Longest Trip - Farthest From Home?

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I would say couple thousand miles 1 way , I think mine came from Pamona California to Elmira NY , oh its a 1972. Datsun 510 with a Kelmark V 8 conversion , Datsun front half witch is chopped and a corvaire back half ,custom sub frame it was built someplace around 1980 or so .I was told it was featured in a couple magazines but still havnt found them. 
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From: Chris Wills <cjwills at msn.com>
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:28:44 
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Subject: Re: [V8Vairs] Longest Trip - Farthest From Home?


Yes... this was in Feb 1974 and it was a Crown conversion with the seats and engine cover (that sealed out hot air only if the vents were open and windows closed). But it was snowy and cold outside...
 
Thinking back, there was one other problem - my friend was driving and we hit ice on a bridge.  The car was sliding towards a semi next to us, and my friend managed to avoid the semi and we ended up inbetween the West an East lanes with the car COMPLETELY under (or in) snow about 5 feet deep.  It tore up the fiberglass spoiler I had just finished and had painted 2 weeks before.  Took an hour before a tow truck came by and pulled the car out.
 
Chris Wills
 
> To: v8vairs at corvair.org
> From: patiomatt at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:33:18 -0500
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> i drove mine from North Carolina to Chicago, then west to San Francisco...
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> Way to go Chris!!
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> Was the engine covered?
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> Matt Nall
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