<VV> 5 speed tranny?

[Bruce Schug]

On Jan 10, 2009, at 6:07 PM, Grant Young wrote:

> Here's a note a got from someone who is parting out a lot of  
> Corvairs...anything to it, or is it like one of the rare 4 cylinders?
> Thanks,
> Grant
>
> <...and for a fact there is a five speed, got one in fact, they were  
> not full production, but were built, mine, as the story goes, came  
> out of a 63 Spider SS (Super Spider) and only five were built, this  
> one was totalled and the only think that was even rebuildable was  
> the tranny. But even if it is a retro fit, it would have to be a  
> very good one, there are most definatly five speeds, (or 4 speeds  
> and an over drive) and it bolted right on to my 180hp 1966 motor  
> block .

One should remember that in the '60's a four speed was a big deal. No  
one had a five-speed. I remember autocrossing in the '70's, maybe  
around '73 or so, when the first five-speeds came out. As I recall,  
there was a sporty version of some kind of s**t-box Toyota that had  
the first five-speed, at least the first one in general production.  
Maybe it was a Corolla SR5?

Now I'm sure that there are a couple of you guys who can tall us all  
about when the first five-speeds were available, and perhaps prove me  
wrong. But the point is, that I doubt that anyone gave the first  
thought to having a five-speed in a Corvair while they were being  
produced.




Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
Treasurer & Membership Chairman
CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Stock Corvair Group
Performance Corvair Group
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CORSA member since 1980

'67 Monza. "67AC140"