<VV> How my car ended up this way

[Louis Armer]

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Chuck Armer
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At 02:03 PM 6/8/2008, you wrote:
>  In a post I made earlier I mentioned my car is now in pieces all 
> over the garage floor. I thought I'd clarify how it ended up this way!
>    My first one was a 67' 4 door, loved the looks of that four 
> door, but it had a broken front cross-member...So bought a 65' rag 
> top and drove it until a piston broke. That's when I found out 
> people usually wont touch corvairs...Managed to find a person that 
> used a piston out of the 67' and got it running...lasted for a 
> couple of years then broke another piston in the engine... so 
> decided to "fix it right" ordered all new parts for the 
> motor...pistons, rings, rods, cam, crank, etc...etc...spent a lot 
> of money on that. Put it together and it never ran, no idea why, 
> read a shop manual (Chilton's), and "thought I did it right", guess 
> not. So junked the 4-door and the vert. (except the engine) bought 
> a 66' turbo with low miles and single owner. Flywheel was 
> bad...Since I had to fix the flywheel I got a bit carried away, 
> took out the power train, took the motor apart with all the new 
> stuff, thought I'd "rebuild the turbo motor" with all the new parts 
> that were in the one that
>  never ran.
>    So now I have a freshly painted car and a bunch of engine parts 
> all over the place and not sure what to do because last time I put 
> one together it would not run.
>      Sorry for the long post...Thanks to everyone for the link I 
> needed!! Joined Corsa this morning...so that's one more member up 
> and not down :)
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