<VV> VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 37, Issue 19

[Jim Simpson]

I have a pretty complete package of material from one of the Canadian 
Winter Rally participants who campaigned a car from the Washington DC 
area.  I need to get it to the Corvair historical folks so it can go 
in the archives.

But to summarize, the car was basically stock.  Other than carrying 
some spare parts and fitting some good winter rally tires and lights, 
I don't think they prepared the car at all.  The engine & suspension 
were stock.

I think this was the '65 - '66 winter, but it was reported to be the 
worst in the winter rally season.  Few, if any, finished.  They did 
pretty well with the Corvair, but I need to dig up the material again 
and check.  The major problem they ran into was ice packing into the 
throttle swivel under the car -- it would gradually keep the throttle 
from returning.  At each check point, they'd readjust the throttle 
linkage to compensate, not realizing it was ice buildup under the car.

I'm pretty busy with other stuff right now (house maintenance), but 
I'll see if I can't find the package and give a few more 
details.  You might also look back a few years in the Communique -- 
there was a two or three page article on the Canadian Winter Rally series.

Jim Simpson
Group Corvair


>Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:33:26 -0500
>From: jwcorvair at aol.com
>Subject: <VV> Winter Rally Cars ...
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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>In Jim's ad blog site were several ads featuring Corvairs that were 
>run in the Canadian Winter Rally and Trans Canadian Rally. Does 
>anyone know anything about the cars? How the cars were prepared? 
>Aside from Denise, who drove the cars? Where any of the cars might 
>be now? The rally cars are an exciting part of early (as opposed to 
>EM) Corvair history. Did anyone else note the amount of negative 
>camber in the sedan that Denise is driving (Early sedans rule!)?
>
>I really enjoy seeing early ads and reading about early?performance 
>modifications.
>
>Joe White (62 sedan, 66 Porvair)
>CORSA, RMC?