<VV> Tires
bowtieguy@cox.net
bowtieguy@cox.net
Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:09:02 -0400
I bought the correct size whitewalls from Diamond Back Classics. They were expensive. I would suggest the Yokohama Aegis LS4 or Uniroyal Tiger Paw. Sears has the first tire. Both tires did well in tests by Consumer Reports. They both offer whitewalls. If performance is valued over style go Michelin.
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> 1. Re: How high to remove drivetrain? (Jim McLott)
> 2. Horn ring (vzd1s4am@verizon.net)
> 3. Re: 63 continued project (G Fox)
> 4. Weekend autocross (Levair@aol.com)
> 5. Re: Re: ghfgbdftj (Tony Underwood)
> 6. Re: Re: dash plaques available (Keith Hammett)
> 7. RE: Turbo Odyseey Part 2 (Keith Hammett)
> 8. How high to raise the car (CorsaVair@aol.com)
> 9. Re: [VV-talk] Re: Signing book- "CORVAIR DECADE" (Tony Underwood)
> 10. RE: 63 continued project (Tony Underwood)
> 11. Need new tires (Dan Roraff)
> 12. muffler sizer (chris czepyha)
> 13. Re: Need new tires (J R Read_HML)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:53:57 -0400
> From: "Jim McLott" <mclott@gw.rev.state.ga.us>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> How high to remove drivetrain?
>
> Aren't we forgetting the other half of the equation? How high you need to get the rear of the car depends on how low you can get the engine. An engine balanced on a 2x6 on a floor jack might ride lower than an engine on an ATV jack with a Finch cart attached. When I took the engine out of Christine, I used an ATV jack with a modified Finch cart made out of 2x4s. The rear of the car was supported on 4 ton jack stands set as high as they could go. I just barely had room to get the engine out from under the body. The carburetors and alternator were still on the engine; removing them would have helped.
>
> And while we're on the subject of removing engines, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the membership of VV for all the support and advice during my recent engine removal adventure. Changing tires and oil had been the extent of my mechanical experience, but with the help of VV, I was able to fix a major ATF leak at the stator and get Christine on the road again. Special thanks go out to Larry Forman and Rick Norris for suggesting the ATV lift, Keith Hammett for suggesting Dremel bit 7134 to remove a broken bolt extractor, Corvair Underground for the good used stator shaft, Tony Kruzich for the labor to put the stator shaft in the differential, and Chuck Armer for coming by and helping me get the engine back in the car. And to all the others too numerous to mention, THANKS!!! I couldn't have done it without you.
>
> Jim McLott & Christine, the 1966 Monza convertible she-devil
> Member: CORSA, Corvair Atlanta and member emeritus of Group Red
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> Message: 2
> From: <vzd1s4am@verizon.net>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:00:35 +0000
> Subject: <VV> Horn ring
>
> Those are clutch screws. but I have had good luck using a ground down screwdriver. Preferable an old cruddy one.
>
> And If you weant to get you old windshield out without using the steel toe boot method. Then get a new gasket. Use a few razors and then you can cut the old gasket and use a new one when putting it back in. It's not a bad idea to replace it anyway since you don't want to do it again. there are quite a few tricks to do the install. I use the wire method to pull the gasket in.
>
> Run THIN wire or cord around the lip of the gasket. Lay the window in the opening and then pull the wire out inside the car. This will tweak the lip and help it pop in. Not a bad idea to get a couple sets of hands to help out. One person can do this it just isnt advisible. I also use a soapy water solution to help make it slippery. It's kinda like what they do with car tires.
>
> there is more but it escapes me right now.
>
> Sherman Gossett
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:24:09 -0600
> From: G Fox <gfox@vanion.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> 63 continued project
> To: kewells@medscape.com, virtualvairs@corvair.org
> Reply-To: gfox@vanion.com
>
> Keith et al
>
> just come and get the free '64 corvair body sitting in my
> driveway. Then you will have a very sound Corvair body
> rather than repairing rusted out anything.
>
> somebody here gave us a free "come and get it please"
> Corvair. The body has no rust perfs anywhere, but we are
> just going to have it hauled away this weekend as we will
> have completed taking the parts we need for our club members.
>
> garrie fox
>
> >From: "Keith Wells" <kewells@medscape.com>
> >Subject: <VV> 63 continued project
>
> >Hi folks, thanks so much for the previous input on my Swiss
> cheese
> >floor problem
> G Fox
> Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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> Message: 4
> From: Levair@aol.com
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:30:20 EDT
> To: fastvair@yahoogroups.com
> CC: virtualvairs@corvair.org, S_levair@iquest.net, ricebugg@mtco.net,
> FREDSCLASSICS@aol.com
> Subject: <VV> Weekend autocross
>
> All,
>
> Paul Fox and I , maybe others, will be autocrossing our CP Corvairs Sat and
> Sunday at Grissom Air Force base, between Kokomo and Peru Ind. on IN 31.
> We can't possibly win, but will make a lot of noise for CORSA. We expect
> about 15 CP pony cars with 500 hp except for us.
> Warren
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:36:18 -0700
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> From: Tony Underwood <tonyu@roava.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Re: ghfgbdftj
>
> At 11:27 hours 06/24/2004 -0400, Bill Hubbell wrote:
> >Early urtydjygcgyxct is better than Late urtydjygcgyxct
> >
> >Bill Hubbell
>
>
>
> But try to muffler bearings for an early urtydjygcgyxct. Walk into any
> FLAPS and ask for muffler bearings for an early urtydjygcgyxct and you'll
> get the same old "That's a special order item" line.
>
>
>
> tony..
>
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> Message: 6
> Reply-To: <khammett@stainlessfab.com>
> From: "Keith Hammett" <khammett@stainlessfab.com>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Re: dash plaques available
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:42:32 -0500
>
> Bill,
>
> Norm got his dash (jack) plaque. Check out
> http://www.wittelaw.com/personal/tinkering/part%203.htm
>
> The plaque reads "GROUP RED DOS: 4/23/02 DOD: 10/18/02"
>
> Keith Hammett
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> Message: 13
> Reply-To: "Bill Hubbell" <whubbell@umich.edu>
> From: "Bill Hubbell" <whubbell@cox.net>
> To: "Norman Witte" <ncwitte@wittelaw.com>, <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Re: dash plaques available
> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:28:59 -0400
>
> How come I never got a Dash Plaque from Group Red?
>
> Bill Hubbell
>
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> Message: 7
> Reply-To: <khammett@stainlessfab.com>
> From: "Keith Hammett" <khammett@stainlessfab.com>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:46:09 -0500
> Subject: <VV> RE: Turbo Odyseey Part 2
>
> big snip
>
> >(I think I will probably need to get a new top for the car)
>
> another big snip
>
> Norm,
>
> You need to look for red duct tape. Makes a great top, and even puts it in
> Group Red. <VBG>
>
> Keith Hammett
>
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> Message: 8
> From: CorsaVair@aol.com
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:53:31 EDT
> To: Virtualvairs@corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> How high to raise the car
>
> Thanks to Ric Norris, Ken Hand, Mike Mann and Lon Anderson for your
> suggestions on how high to raise the car to remove the drivetrain. Now, all I have to
> do is get with it!!!
>
> Dick Shank
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:38:46 -0700
> To: TONY FIORE <tonycorsa@juno.com>
> From: Tony Underwood <tonyu@roava.net>
> Cc: virtualvairs@corvair.org, vv-talk@corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Re: [VV-talk] Re: Signing book- "CORVAIR DECADE"
>
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> At 09:31 hours 06/25/2004 -0400, TONY FIORE wrote:
> >i just received a request for signing a "DECADE" book. I did not attend
> >the Convention and there may have been some who wanted to have me sign
> >their book. This is to let you know that anyone wishing to have me sign
> >their "DECADE" book, just mail me the book with proper return postage,
> >and I will gladly sign and return the book by mail. My address is ----
> > TONY FIORE
> > 5549 TEWKESBURY PL.
> > SARASOTA, FL 34241
>
>
>
> I have one which you signed back in 1991... if I sent it to you, could you
> "update" your signature for me?
>
>
> tony..
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:43:05 -0700
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> From: Tony Underwood <tonyu@roava.net>
> Subject: RE: <VV> 63 continued project
>
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> At 09:34 hours 06/25/2004 -0400, N. Joseph Potts wrote:
> >Corvair windshields are currently manufactured, and can be had (installed)
> >from any auto glass shop.
>
> Late windshields are, but if the windshield he wants is for the '63 ragtop
> he lists in his sig line, he'll have to hunt down a good used one. Nobody
> I know of is currently manufacturing 60-64 Vair windshields.
>
>
>
> tony..
>
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> Message: 11
> Reply-To: "Dan Roraff" <corvair@bevcomm.net>
> From: "Dan Roraff" <corvair@bevcomm.net>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:29:11 -0500
> Subject: <VV> Need new tires
>
> Hi,
> Has anyone bought new tires recently? My old ones are 195-70x13. I like the
> looks as well as the benefits from more rubber on the road. So far all I can
> find are Douglas (Wal Mart) 185-80x13. Only $28.83 but they look more like
> they are for a Motel T. Very very narrow.
>
> Dan
> Minnesota
> 65 Monza Convertible
>
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> Message: 12
> To: virtualvairs@CORVAIR.ORG
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:36:26 -0400
> From: chris czepyha <thegeek2@juno.com>
> Subject: <VV> muffler sizer
>
> I found the following link, http://www.maremont.com and click on
> ecatalog. You can put in the dimensions of the muffler you are looking
> for, and get the products that match.
>
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> Message: 13
> From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Dan Roraff" <corvair@bevcomm.net>, <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Need new tires
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:43:54 -0500
>
> My favorite is the Michelin XH4. Can't get those for the last 4 or 5 yrs.
> One yr ago I got Mastercraft (which I think is a Cooper tire) -
> MASTERCRAFTP794. This is a P195/70R13 and very similar (1/4 inch or so
> narrower) to the XH4. It is just slightly less contact, which sometimes
> throws me a bit of a curve in autocross - as it did on that far long turn at
> convention.
>
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> Later, JR
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Roraff" <corvair@bevcomm.net>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 1:29 PM
> Subject: <VV> Need new tires
>
>
> > Hi,
> > Has anyone bought new tires recently? My old ones are 195-70x13. I like
> the
> > looks as well as the benefits from more rubber on the road. So far all I
> can
> > find are Douglas (Wal Mart) 185-80x13. Only $28.83 but they look more
> like
> > they are for a Motel T. Very very narrow.
> >
> > Dan
> > Minnesota
> > 65 Monza Convertible
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