<VV> Fwd: Towing with a Corvair

[Ken Pepke]

But Clark ... I am sure you remember the trip to the Don Schnider's [sp.?] meet some years ago.  Somehow, unbeknown to me, I was to provide the whole swap meet.  Do you remember my red 65 2 door and the trailer full of parts?  Between the trailer and the parts that was a 3500+ lb. load when we left the Detroit area!  Of course that car was far superior because it was a PowerGlide and not equipped with a 4 speed.  And I am sure you remember the famous photo of a '64 pulling a cabin cruiser!  They could do it then and they can do it now!

The day may well come when I will think it fun to bring both the Corvair and the boat to a show or parade.  And the boat ramp is less than a quarter mile from my house.  Nothing this side of a 4x4 would have better traction to pull a boat up a slippery ramp.  A Corvair could be the perfect car for the job.  As far as stopping goes, even an inferior EM could stop the boat because the trailer has it's own brakes :-)

A famous DACC member and Founding Father once told me Corvairs should be used.

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

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> From: "Clark Hartzel" <chartzel at comcast.net>
> Date: November 8, 2011 2:02:51 PM EST
> To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: <VV> Towing with a Corvair
> 
> Ken Pepke, I've known you forever but your statement that you are going tow
> a 22' wood boat on a trailer with a stick shift Corvair that is 46 years old
> is unbelievable.  Let me know what hospital you are in so I can come visit
> you.
> The first time a traffic light turns red you will be sliding thru the
> intersection and getting smacked by a gravel train doing 45MPH.  A Corvair
> doesn't have the power or brakes to safely tow something that big and heavy.
> Inviting flames from all of you who "do it all the time".
> Clark Hartzel