<VV> Front Drive - Non-Corvair

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

Did you ever try to push a rope ?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernie Livengood" <bernielivengood2001 at yahoo.com>
To: "WillSmithTFPOCAllenTexas" <TheFreshPrinceofCorvair at comcast.net>; 
"VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Front Drive - Non-Corvair


> Phyics I in high school taught us that it's basicly
> easer to pull than to push!  Bernie
>
>
> --- WillSmithTFPOCAllenTexas
> <TheFreshPrinceofCorvair at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I was teaching dealer mechanics for GM when the 80-X
>> was introduced. They told us the reason for
>> transverse mount engine front drive had nothing to
>> do with performance, etc....it was simply to allow
>> the car to be smaller and lighter, so the emission
>> std could be met, but have an interior big enough
>> for Americans to get into. Chev sold the go-whammies
>> out of the Citation...lots of dealers were selling
>> for sticker plus.
>>
>> Speaking of FWD, the Toro, Eldo, Riv were E-Body
>> cars...I always wondered why Buick refused to make
>> the Riv FWD...that Olds FWD setup was stout enough
>> to propel the GMC motor home...but you already knew
>> that, I bet! That RV was sure easy to climb up
>> into...sat real close to the ground.
>>
>> Will Smith
>> "The Fresh Prince of Corvair"
>> WANTED: 66 Monza vert, 110, pg, white top, no rust,
>> great condition, driver for Parade Duty and taking
>> kids for a ride in something they've never seen plus
>> playing "Find the Motor".
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