<VV> Rampside with VW engine

[UltraMonzaWest at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/21/2005 12:54:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
NicolCS at aol.com writes:

> Take a look at this!
> "http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6167&
> item=4543535448"
> 
> Someone put a 2.0 Liter VW engine in a Rampside!  They claim that it  uses a 
> 
> VW 2-speed automatic transaxle that shifts from the dash.  Wanna bet  that 
> it's a regular old powerglide? I wonder; What was the point of this  
> conversion?  
> The VW bus 2.0 motors aren't particularly known for their  reliability and 
> I'd guess the power was only marginally better than an 80hp  engine.  They 
> guy 
> must have had some disdain for Corvair engines, eh?   While the exterior 
> looks 
> pretty nice, the  weird conversion and the average  quality interior 
> certainly 
> don't add up to the reserve price.  
> Craig N.
> 
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Someone brought it up last week.....still just 3 bids......I'm surprised at 
$3000!   gggg
It's hard to tell what tranny....as he states  CV  joints......but   also  
Gen.     then  Alt    replaced!
BUT  VW's  rotate wrong..so must be a Type  II   or III   trans...3 speed 
full auto

It is amazing what some will do.....BUT  gggggg
I've always wanted to see a early Honda mated to a Vair........I'll bet the 
Hondas HP / Torque is far greater than the Vair engines....

All the stocker Vair engines I've ever seen on a dyno.....put out 60 hp  or 
so.....in the cars...45  rear wheel HP.....dis-heartening for sure....
Even  Kent Sullivan  barely reached 140 hp  with his 3 liter  engine.......

AH  the good ole daZe..when $5  got you on a Chassis dyno...for a "checkup"  
and I had friends at a buggy shop that ONLY  built Vair Buggies....so their 
dyno was set up right!.......

  Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.