<VV> [fastvair] Jay Leno and John Fitch

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/23/2008 8:11:08 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
vairtec at optonline.net writes:

 
 
 
Hey, gang, drop in to Jay Leno's "Jay's Garage" web site for a neat  
video feature with John Fitch. Yes, there is Corvair content.

_http://www.jaylenoshttp://www.http://www.jaylehttp://www.j_ 
(http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/photos/JohnFitch_shell.shtml) 

--Bob







While you're in Jay's garage, check out the T87 Tatra; air-cooled, engine  in 
the rear, front sheetmetal reminiscent of a VW Type I; if anyone's heard talk 
 about a book by Julius Mackerle describing the engineering of an air-cooled  
engine, this is where it's coming from; Mackerle studied under Hans Ledwinka, 
 who first developed the air-cooled engine for Tatra in 1923; Mackerle became 
 chief engineer at Tatra after Ledwinka was jailed for cooperating with the 
Nazis  during WWII.  Tatra isn't very well-known in this country but they sued 
VW  and Dr. Porsche after the war, claiming that the VW was an infringement of 
 Tatra's patents---and Tatra won.
 
Scotty from Hollyweird
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