<VV> Update on Rampside

[Bob Saunders]

Way Cool !!!

I bought my loadside last march, drove it 13 miles on a bad engine
before it blew the left side completely.
Rebuilt 95 hp, diff gone through, drove it 6 more miles when the wheel
cylinder locked up.

Thats the next and soon project.

This winter and spring {snows on the ground here now} I hope to redo
the front end, clean and seal the gas tank and clean up the interior,
adding 3 point belts and carpet.

Oh Ya, add an mp3 player to the stock radio. {Thanks Eric!}

The information available on this list is incredible, without it I am
lost. I have learned so much, and even found a local club member who
took me under his wing to get the truck running again.

I'll add my thanks to those who have been an incredible help!

Chaplain Bob

On Dec 3, 2007 8:50 AM, Keith Hammett <keith.hammett at stainlessfab.com> wrote:
> I would like to take this post and first thank everyone who over the
> years has contributed to getting my rampside on the road.  The list is
> long so I won't list everyone here, besides you know who you are.  A few
> special people do deserve mention so here it goes:
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> Bob Helt - thanks for writing your books and tech tips.  My only tip to
> someone starting out in corvairs is to by two copies of your books, one
> for nice and one that will get dirty...
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> Corsa - thank you for the tech tips manual (and all that have
> contributed to it over the years), Virtual Vairs, Corsa, and the
> sponsored events that you hold.
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> Lastly the Corvair Vendors - without you the parts availability would
> not be there to support the cars...
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> Now to let you know what happened on the Rampside.  I decided (after
> driving one at a Texas Corvair event) that I had to have a Rampside.
> Soon after one came up for sale in my area, a little rough but could be
> saved, so I purchased it.  Once I got it home I cleaned it up and made
> my list of things that would need to be done.  The engine needed to be
> rebuilt, I decided that I would go with a LM 110 hp engine and do the
> rebuilding myself (never done but I could learn).  I received a tip that
> the FC dipstick tube could be put on a car block with just a little
> drilling, I did this (thanks Tim).  Once the engine was done and back
> in, I started having problems!  The first stumbling block was a
> backfire, a lot of folks thought that it was timing, improper valve
> adjustment, or vacuum leaks; it turned out to be problems with the
> carbs.  Sent them to off and had them worked over, this stopped the
> backfire.  The engine was still not running right, this time I decided
> to take it some where and get it running.  A trip to Oklahoma and
> several hours got it running right.  A bad coil, points plate and points
> were found.  New plugs were put in, carbs were synched and valves were
> adjusted.  At last the Rampside runs and can be taken out of Group Red
> (thanks Norm for the inspiration to get it done).  Again thanks everyone
> who has helped on this.
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> There is still a few things that need to be done before it can be
> inspected and put on the road, these are all minor things (like turn
> signals).  I am waiting (for a year now!) to receive parts for the
> heater (a must in Missouri).
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> Keith Hammett
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> '62 Rampside (finally out of Group Red)
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> '65 Monzavert (Group Red)
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