<VV> Dummy Drivetrain Advice for Transport

[Mike Kost]

The lightest thing that works well would be a bare block with bell 
housing and the piece which holds the distributor, a differential (with 
at least the carrier), and a proper transmission case for what came out 
of the car. Unless you use a complete differential with fluid it should 
NOT be flat towed. With care a bar between the axles and a differential 
case will work but I would be worried about the handling it might get in 
shipping by a non Corvair guy.

Mike Kost

Darrin Hartzler wrote:
> I am buying a car that is several states away and the current owner wants 
> to pull the drivetrain before selling the car.  He does not have a dummy 
> drivetrain available to install in the car so that a shipping company 
> could collect the car (which is eseentially a shell) and bring it to me 
> here in Maryland.   He has offered to have the person who pulls the 
> drivetrain install whatever device or combination of parts that I can come 
> up with that will fill the bill.  Discussed ideas with Tim Mahler and he 
> had a few...wanted to see what the experience here is.
>
> I do have an empty differential case that I could ship to the seller for 
> his mechanic to attach the lower control arms to for shipping, but I do 
> not know if a case by itself, without the support of a transmission 
> connected to the front crossbar, would be sufficient.   It would have to 
> be wired in place and would likely be a much for an average shipping 
> company to deal with.   Please let me know if any of you have used just a 
> diff. case in such a situation and if there were any negatives.   I am 
> woried that if it is wired up to the cowl area any violence in shipping 
> would cause damage to the cowl area which is currently pristine.
>
> Any other ideas of ways to dummy up a drivetrain or make a car without a 
> powerpak suitable for shipping would be appreciated.   Please keep in mind 
> that whatever I come up with has to be shipped 600 miles, so weight is 
> also a concern....if it were not I would just ship a whole drivetrain out 
> to him.  Tim had a cut half shaft with a bar welded to make it the right 
> length to span between the two wheels.   I could do something like that 
> but it would be heavy and oversized to ship...not ideal.
>
> Final option, if anybody in the Springfield, Ill. area has a dummy 
> drivetrain or even a real drivetrain that they would let go for a good 
> price, that could be an option if I could figure out how to get it to the 
> right place at the right time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darrin Hartzler
> Bethesda, MD
> Corsa/No. Virginia Corvairs
>
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