<VV> Drive those Corvairs

BBRT chsadek at comcast.net
Sun Sep 26 22:16:10 EDT 2010


Sounds really like a fantastic tour!

Chuck S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clark Hartzel" <chartzel at comcast.net>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 9:37 PM
Subject: <VV> Drive those Corvairs


>I just completed my trip from Michigan to Vermont for our annual VICE
> chapter tours and meeting.  I drove my 1965 500 4-door with 140HP engine 
> and
> Powerglide trans.  I put 1,745 miles on the car and got 23.7 MPG at 
> freeway
> speeds and thru the twisty hilly roads of Vermont for 4 days.  I delivered
> four tires to Pete Koehler in PA and four wheels to Tim Colson in NY.
> There must be something to the story that synthetic oil causes leaks as I
> put Mobil 1 10W30 oil in before I left and the engine now has some leaks
> where it never leaked before.  Of course before this trip I just used
> whatever oil was cheapest at the FLAPS.  On the other hand I never got 
> that
> good a gas mileage before, so maybe the synthetic oil is slipperier than
> cheap dino oil.  I did use the best premium gas at every fill up.
> One of our tours was taking the ferry across Lake Champlain to Fort
> Ticonderoga.  A great time was had by all.
> Clark (tired) Hartzel
>
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