<VV> Fwd: Pintos and Corvairs

[Ken Pepke]

Funny thing though, observation from the junkyard showed the 4 door Maverick to be twice as good as the 2 door! ... [most always running to the 'last roundup' compared to seldom running] ... May have been something to do with the customer profile ... although the difference was nowhere near so apparent on any other makes and models.

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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> From: "Dennis Pleau" <dpleau at wavecable.com>
> Date: December 30, 2011 10:00:49 PM EST
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Pintos and Corvairs
> 
> The early Mustang's and Mavericks had the same top of the gas tank is the
> floor of the trunk as the Pinto's.  Why weren't they subject to the same
> scorn? A simple fire wall over the tank or behind the rear seat would have
> solved the problem, but it either one would have cost a couple bucks.  
> 
> While I was in High School and had my 63 102/4 Club Coupe and 55 Series 1
> Chevy pickup. My brother just bought a new 70 Maverick, his union went on
> strike and he couldn't afford to make the payments.  My parents agreed to
> pick up the insurance if I made the payments so I bought it.  It had 205,000
> miles on it when I sold it.  I'd put three or four sets of valves seals in
> it.  I did change the starter drive twice.  The first on failed, the second
> one exploded and made a hole through the bell housing and the third one
> worked just fine after I replaced the bell housing.
> 
> Damn I wish I still had that 55 pickup...
> 
> You can't get me to say anything bad about that 70 Maverick.  It was a damn
> good car and most cars of its area didn't live to 100,000 miles
> 
> dp