<VV> CO sensor

[shortle]

So if one properly maintains his car, keeping it free of oil and exhaust leaks, using a CO detector (for analysis) he/she is still slowly committing suicide? How about for those of us that use the gasoline heater? I believe (as does the US government) my Corvairs are safe.Not just my opinion either I am sure.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado (getting ready to drive my Corvair to Ventura)

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mel Francis <mfrancis at wi.rr.com>
>Sent: Jun 16, 2008 1:11 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Cc: ScottyGrover at aol.com
>Subject: Re: <VV> CO sensor
>
>Guys, since this thread about CO sensors has gotten to the point that it has 
>a 'no humor' badge,
>let me really introduce a serious angle to this topic.
>
>Back in the mid-'70s, I gave up driving Corvairs for one main reason; that 
>being the direct-air heating system.
>At the time, I owned several performance models, even including a Yenko 
>Stinger, the pride of my fleet,
>but I wound up using a terminally-rusty Fitch Sprint for winter driving, and 
>it had all the usual contaminated-air
>problems, that showed up only during the depths of extened heater use. Bad 
>enough, that I was slowly poisoning
>myself, running the heater during the winter, but I had a wife and small 
>child to consider also, so I went out and
>bought a brand-new water-cooled V8 Monza and went on with my life.
>
>Don't get me wrong, I have always loved the basic rear-drive setup of the 
>Corvair, but if GM were to build the car today,
>by law, they wouldn't be allowed to hook the engine-cooling exhaust air to 
>the passenger compartment!
>It is simply common sense and there's no getting around it, with today's 
>consumer protection laws!
>
>Having recently re-entered the hobby and planning on using my present 
>Corvair during the summer only,
>I have completely disconnected the three direct-air flex-tubes from the 
>engine to the passenger compartment.
>This will assure that I will never again be faced with driving down a road, 
>inhaling carbon monoxide, or battery fumes,
>or oil fumes, or raw fuel fumes from some part of a seeping fuel system.
>Even the best-maintained Corvairs, can occasionally be found to be pushing 
>forward one of these four contaminants,
>always when you least expect it.
>
>I would suggest that many other Corvair enthusiasts, who drive mainly during 
>the summer, could easily do the same,
>since it doesn't really alter the car in a way that affects the value. These 
>flex tubes can always be replaced for a full,
>100-point restoration car, but in the meantime, you have a much more 
>pleasant, up-to-date driving experience.
>With a bit of clever work, you could even add a small electric air heater 
>under the dash,
>for the occasional windshield defogging duty.
>
>CO free, here in Wisconsin-
>
>Mel Francis
>65 Monza Convertible
>77 Monza 2+2
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <ScottyGrover at aol.com>
>To: <ricknorris at suddenlink.net>; <tibbitts at qx.net>; <>; 
><dave.thompson at verizon.net>
>Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 12:55 PM
>Subject: Re: <VV> CO sensor
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/16/2008 3:28:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> ricknorris at suddenlink.net writes:
>>
>> Oh sure,  your pet shop had them but mine only had some chickens, a crow 
>> and
>> a sale on  parakeets and them English birds called Budgies! Looked exactly
>> like parakeets  to me..
>>
>>
>>
>> Those birds called Budgies (short for budgerigars) grow wild in Australia,
>> are imported to both the U.K. and the U.S.A. They are slightly similar in
>> appearance to the (now extinct) Carolina Parakeet.
>>
>> Scotty from Hollyweird (former Budgie breeder)
>>
>>
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