<VV> Early vs. Late - issue of the superiority

[Mark Durham]

Really? This was a stock one owner car with only 44K on it and had never
been apart. The owner who bought it new drove it until the valves gave out
and I bought it off the back lot of the dealer where he bought a new car.
Hmmm, there is a story there somewhere!
Mark Durham

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Dennis Pleau <dpleau at wavecable.com> wrote:

> If it had an Nylon gear on an Aluminum hub it was after market.  The
> originals were all Aluminum.  They do fail now and then.
>
> dp
>
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> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Mark Durham
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>
>
> I bought my 62 coupe with 44K miles on it in 1967 and it had burnt valves.
> There was an issue with valves early on, so I did the heads in high school
> shop (at age 17) replacing the valves and ringed it. It was 90K miles later
> (at 134K total) where a broken cam gear (Nylon gear on aluminum hub) left
> me
> stranded. I did a complete overhaul, but even then just honed the barrels,
> ringed it and replaced pistons, did a valve job, cam, lifters, and
> bearings.
> I sold it 90K later in 1974 and it still was running great.
>
> <snip
>
> Mark Durham
>
>
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