<VV> Re: CORVAIR POWER (humor?)

[Louis C. Armer, Jr.]

Can we get that for CPF too?????<GGG> .......We could have a Corvair 
powered amusement park!!!
Ooopps..........I forgot we have one of those every 
year.............PORTLAND this year!!!<GGG>

FrontMan
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At 03:22 AM 5/14/05 -0400, you wrote:
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>In a message dated 5/13/2005 4:20:42 PM Pacific Standard Time,  N2VZD at aol.com
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>taxing  my poor memory again , but i did see a kidde train powered by a 110
>corvair engine at a tourist  trap in vt about 5 years ago.
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>A company in Mountain View, CA, Arrow industries, made amusement  rides,
>including a small gage railroad with a Corvair engine and PG trans. 
>They  may have
>built the one you saw. There was one installed at Frontier  Village in San
>Jose, CA. Back in the 1970's, I rode the train and interviewed  the head
>mechanic about the maintenance he performed on it. It was written up 
>in  an article
>later copied in the Communique, I believe. When that park was sold  for
>housing, the complete train including the track and all rolling stock 
>was  moved to
>some large shopping center somewhere in southern CA, Orange county, 
>I  believe.
>I'm not sure.
>
>Seth  Emerson
>Sethracer at aol.com
>C's the day! Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette
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