<VV> Re: [fastvair] Car archaeology

[Rick & Janet Norris]

So I guess you've survived all the floods, snow, cold, power outage, 
pestilence and magnesium fires?
Rick Norris


> all,
>
> I am about ready to present the Bill Thomas/Doug Roe 1960 competition 
> Corvair
> at the Feb 26 Performace workshop in Dayton, OH..
>   I feel like an archaelogist digging up bones to find out things about 
> this
> car. Every new bone makes me wonder what this or that alteration meant.
>   To refresh your memory, the car was featured in March 1969 Hot Rod and 
> in
> the back of the Bill Fisher " How to Hot Rod Corvairs. It was also 
> featured in
> the Hugh MacInnes 'How to select and install Turbochargers.
>   The Cactus Corvair club did an extensive restoration on this car for the
> 1987 Montery Historics.
>  I would appreciate any information or stories about this car even if you
> think that it is insignificant. I visitied with Doug Roe in Monterey in 
> '87, but
> was probably too awe struck to ask the right questions.
>   I have extensive documentation and direct mechanical evidence(bones) .
> What I need is interesting anecdotes.
>   I am especially interested in what happened (if anything) between 1972 
> and
> 1986 and between 1988 and 2003.
>   My mechanical restoration ( I received it as a rolling shell)  will be 
> to
> the March 1969 Hot Rod articles plus absolutely necessary updates to make 
> it
> legal for the track.
>   Please help. Time is of the essence.
> Warren LeVeque
> 4657 No. St. Rd 9
> Anderson, In 46012
> 317/643-9290
> Levair@aol.com
>
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