<VV> floor hump!

[Ron]

As was said previously, the Toronado had a flat floor and was solid and 
silent.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Sethracer at aol.com>
To: <mygroups at frontiernet.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:44 PM
Subject: <VV> floor hump!


>
> In a message dated 8/16/2006 5:39:28 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> mygroups at frontiernet.net writes:
>
> airvair  wrote:
>
>>Yet all
>>the front drivers since the Citation have a  "hump" in the floorboards.
>>Go  figure.
>>
>>-Mark
>>
>
> For chassis  stiffness?
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> The Corvair hump was, as all of us who have worked underneath them know, 
> was
> necessary to run things like shift rods, brake lines, (later on)
> heater/defroster ducts, etc. from the front to the back. With Front Wheel 
> Drive  cars,
> you still need to get the engine exhaust to the back as well as many of 
> the
> items mentioned above. Also, as Chris mentioned, a totally flat floor 
> would be
> like driving an oil can around. The hump, even the short one like the 
> Corvair
> has, provides room below and stiffness. Can you imagine a late 
> convertible
> with a totally flat floor? On second thought, don't. -  Seth
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