<VV> moving vair engine ahead of axle

[Joe White]

I stand corrected. The car Roth built from a PG Vair was indeed the Road Agent. Also his changes to the PG were more complicted than merely flipping it. The car did run, but apparently not all that well. The net has quite a bit of information about this car.

Joe White



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From: gswiatowy <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com>
To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wed, Nov 30, 2011 2:59 am
Subject: Re: <VV> moving vair engine ahead of axle


I don't remember the vehicle mentioned at the Buffalo Convention.
ut, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth made a mid engined Corvair custom rod called the Road 
gent
>From what I was told, how he accomplished this was by putting the differential 
n upside down.
f course, there is no evidence of this vehicle actually moving under its own 
ower...........it was a show car.
The transmission remained upright.
t a local event before Roth passed away. A friend of mine asked him how he 
ccomplished mating the oiling holes on the "flipped: differential. 
is replay was he jammed wood into the holes to block them off.
There is a picture of the Road Agent in a magazine which showed Roth working on 
t. It appeared the starter location was also un workable.
Gary Swiatowy
 
 Now on to the new topic.  At the Buffalo convention I saw a Corvair that
 someone had converted to mid-engined by basically installing the stock
 drivetrain backward, with the engine in front of the axle.  What is the
 cheapest home-grown way to do this?  The idea I'm working on is for a buggy
 type project using the stock late model Corvair chassis but I need to
 eliminate the long overhang behind the rear wheels.  I do still need high
 gear to be forward though, not reverse!  The project would be using a
 powerglide, not a manual trans.  The whole idea of this is to have some fun
 and be creative but use only parts I've already got so no crown parts etc.
 
 
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 Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
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