<VV> Corvair powered Karmann Ghia

[Robert Marlow]

When I was in high school (back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth) I had a 
part-time job where a co-worker had a 1955 Karmann-Ghia into which he 
had installed a Corvair engine.  The generator cleared the hood fine, 
but the oil filter did not.  (On the yellow car that started this 
discussion you will see that the oil filter has been relocated.)

My co-worker's solution was not to relocate the oil filter, but to cut 
an oil-filter-sized notch in the engine lid.  If you were behind the 
car, there stood the oil filter, proudly in the breeze, just to the left 
of the license plate.

This co-worker also built oval-track race cars with the same attention 
to detail... The story of the on-track engine fire will have to wait 
'til another day...

--Bob


Rick Norris wrote:
> >From others I've seen I guessing its a clearance issue with the hood lid.
> Rick
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>> Nice looking car.  I don't get why he put a different alternator and
>> drive on it.  You still have the twisty belt drive for the fan.  A
>> Corvair alternator will rotate either direction although you should
>> change the alternator fan pulley for RH rotation.  This couldn't be 6
>> volts could it?
>> Clark Hartzel
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