<VV> How my car ended up this way

[Ron]

I have to agree that most cars that are disassembled at home NEVER get put 
back together again.  The parts lie around for a few years, rust and get 
lost, and finally are junked when the owner moves somewhere else or has a 
change in interest.  Locally there's a Corvair that the owner has many 
thousands of dollars into and now he's lost interest and it's occupying half 
of his garage where it's been for years.  It happens, too often.

RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark bobolz" <1877colt at sbcglobal.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: <VV> How my car ended up this way


> 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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