<VV> Front engine Corvair (on Ebay)

[UltraMonzaWest@aol.com]

Most use a framework for the chassis......BUT  you guys haven't seen Jay 
Eitols V-12  Vair!     A masterpiece!  [ Gary Aube's site ].  To see it in person 
is an inspiration!
AND  it sounds like a Corvair! [ talk about details!].
Matt

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In a message dated 10/24/2004 7:44:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
airvair@richnet.net writes:

> THAT is what is wrong with MOST of them. You got to remember that the 
> Corvair body wasn't designed with the intention of ever having the 
> engine in the front, let alone a BIG engine. The frame, crossmember, and 
> front suspension, while beefy enough for the Corvair, is questionable 
> for a front mounted engine, IMHO.
> 
> Then there's the matter of heresy.....
> 
> At least the Corv-8 designs are more true to the general Corvair 
> concept, and are mechanically sound.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> Alan and Clare Wesson wrote:
> 
> >I don't care which end the guy wants to stuff his engine in - whatever 
> >rings his bells.
> >
> >What I *do* object to, though, is the appalling standard of all the 
> >work that has been done to the body and interior - and the fact that, 
> >although he has fitted uprated front springs to cope with the extra 
> >weight, he hasn't thought to fit weaker rear ones to cope with the 
> >*decreased* weight, so it wags its tail in the air like a duck just 
> >about to go down for its dinner.
> >
> >What an utter, utter mess!
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Alan