<VV> BTW - My Corvair is Great!
TimogensTurbo at aol.com
TimogensTurbo at aol.com
Mon Jul 31 01:03:48 EDT 2006
In a message dated 7/30/2006 9:34:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mhicks130 at cox.net writes:
> I drove my '65 Monza convertible from Seaford VA to Buffalo NY and back and
> you know what? It ran great. It ran, and I mean this as a sincere
> compliment, like a Honda. When I drove my Honda minivan to Kansas a couple years
> ago, I didn't even worry about it. It drove like a refrigerator - no problems.
> Well I started my trip with the Corvair with apprehension - after all, it is
> a 41 year old car. But it too ran like a refrigerator. We were passing
> cars going up the steep grades and going a little too fast coming down. It just
> ran and ran and didn't give me one bit of a problem. I almost stopped
> worrying at one point. What a car. I'm going to go out and give it a big hug and
> a kiss!! Maybe I'll drive it to California in 2008!!! err, maybe not.
> They got these big flying gizmos for trips that long.
>
> mike
> Virginia is for (Corvair) Lovers - like me!
>
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Mike, if you'd been around in 99 you'd remember my Immortal
Vair........drove it Today!
Out of a wrecking yard....hodgepodge of parts.....110 cyl. head with
thermister hole drilled INTO the chamber....6 different makers of sparkplugs [ to
settle a discussion ] ALL but mech fuelpump]USED PARTS....$250 paintjob....$35
worth of Aluminum mags and tires....3.89 geared!
600 miles up through L A and over the Sierras [ Monitor Pass / 8800 ft] and
it was over 100 until the Tahoe basin was in sight...No spares...tools...just
a jack and tire...and yes I drove up with friends with tools and another
car....but they took ill and left early...
All alone...Sat PM after the AX....down Hwy 395 [ 3 very steep passes] into
the Desert..........spent the night at China Lake NWS [ Ridgecrest] and then
home by noon on Sun..... 2.5 qt's oil......[ 4200 rpm at 80mph] and a high
on ONE tankful of 33mpg.....436 miles!
Only swapped powerpacks after getting an Ed Corsen built 110 / 3.08 pack [
40 mpg in the 1980 Conv.] that had set under a pepper tree for 15 yrs..
http://members.aol.com/PatioMatt/
No fear!
Matt Nall
stocker, mod, v8, turbo, boat, Sandcar
ALLVAIR!
Timogen was a softy!
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