<VV> Jan 2009 Car & Driver

[Kenneth E Pepke]

I bought my first Corvair, a 1963 convertible, it 1964.  The first 
problem I had was when the pinion gear slipped on the input
shaft ... when I would lift the throttle it sounded like a  police
siren in the back seat :-)  The PG was OK but the Chevy dealer
insisted on a rebuild ... it took them 4 tries before they got a 
new front pump that worked [they should have left well enough 
alone]  It broke a rod around 145,000 ... right through the widest
part of the web ... That made quite a bit of noise for a while but
did not seriously affect performance.  I replaced the rod, piston
and cylinder barrel with one from my friend's junkyard and the
car had something shy of 200,000 miles when I sold it.  It was
repainted red and is still around but I have know idea how many
miles it now has.
Ken P

On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 10:27:31 EST HallGrenn at aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 12/4/2008 9:20:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
> themoose at bellsouth.net writes:
> 
> Engines  are good for about 100K miles
> Funny how different driving routines and/or vehicle maintenance (and 
> maybe  
> the build quality) shows up in high mileage cars.  My '68 Monza PG 
> went  just 
> about 200,000 miles before it "broke," but all the other parts are 
> still  going 
> strong.  The Greenbrier diff went at 135,000, but the 4spd  
> transmission and 
> engine are still tight.  As far as all my  other Corvairs the body 
> "tried" to 
> go first.
>  
> Bob Hall
> Group Corvair
> '64 Brier
> '65 Corsa
> 2 '68 Monzas
> (and one '65 Monza conv. stored for friends in the Netherlands) 
> 
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