<VV> Questions: corvair / dune buggy / maybe VW????

[cjcavitt at comcast.net]

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From: "werp knarly" <werpknarly at centurytel.net> 

> friend just trailered home a manx type dune buggy from the 70's in GREAT 
> SHAPE with some graphic that lool rat finkish.... very cool 
> 
> 1 trans axle looks wierd, 3 spd w/ a solid axle on wheel side and a boot with 
> bolts on inboard side.. early vair or vw??? 
> 
sounds like a vw irs set-up but not posative but it's def. not corvair.

> 2 it has a center mount 4bbl holly with a copper pipe running from the side of 
> the carb to the port-side exaust pipe.. what the heck could that be for ?!?!?!? 
> its piped into the lower side of the carb 
> 
> _its probably not going into the carb but the base the carb is mounted to. most likely they were trying to heat the carb to keep from iceing up.
curt

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