<VV> humor, was: they know you are full of ____.WAS 10 Cylinder Impala

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Now if there was a "send to all except...." option on VV, maybe we could
just delete Frank, per his wishes..... (G)

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: kenpepke at juno.com <kenpepke at juno.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Date: 9/7/2009 8:07:31 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> they know you are full of ____.WAS 10 Cylinder Impala
>
>
> OK, Frank ... We will do it your way.  I know I am going to amke
> the occasional typo ... so I will stop typing.  It makes no sense 
> for me to share information from my GM Engineering experience 
> 'back when' if the information shared is considered 'null and void' 
> because of my typo.  There is no gain for me in sharing so why
> should I care if anyone believes ... or not?
> Ken P
>
> ************************************ 
>
> Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net> wrote:
>
> It is not a non-issue. If you want people to believe you.
>
> As soon as a part of a story is not true, it leaves the rest of the 
> story open to be a falsehood. Such as the push button transmission 
> selector on a Corvair. As soon as a person mentions the push button 
> shifter, especially on the 4 cylinder model (!)  everything else out of 
> their mouth is suspect. So if you are discussing this 10 cylinder engine 
> with people who know Chevys, then as soon as you mention it was 
> installed in a 62 Caprice test car (or early 60s Caprice as 65 is mid 
> 60s), they know you are full of ____. Hard to make them believe any of 
> the story after that!
>
> Pete, thanks for the correction! But, let me add another part, Caprice 
> was introduced in the 65 model year.
>
> Frank DuVal
>