<VV> Spare engines

[NicolCS@aol.com]

I have one "spare" 140 engine, fully dressed and ready to install.  This 
nicely covers my four 140 powered cars.  I use it as a temporary engine while a 
broken engine is repaired or the car is at the body shop.  In the bigger 
picture, I think the reason many if not most Corvairs are scrapped due to worn-out or 
broken engines.  While a Macco paint job is still inexpensive,  the high cost 
of overhaul and relative complexity of the engine really add-up fast.  A 
rebuilt long-block for a Corvair is at least double, if not triple, the price of 
same for a SBC powered car.  That's why it's so easy to find a decent Corvair 
that just needs engine work (or has no engine at all) for practically nothing.
Carl, I wish you luck (really) and hope that you do find a "good used" 
Corvair engine.  For my time and money, I'd go for one of the ones that Bob Coffin 
has offered for sale.  I'm tempted myself.
Craig Nicol
65,5,6,7 140/4s plus one in the barn.