<VV> Front suspension WAS Making necessary repairs.

[Tony Underwood]

At 08:23 AM 1/10/2012, Ken Pepke wrote:

>You have so much experience with it the way it is, it will be 
>interesting to hear how the 64 suspension affects the way your '60 
>drives with the upgrade.



It's going to be a learning experience.  The '60's front suspension 
is all original with a quarter-million miles on it.  It's beginning 
to get a bit loose... I'd wager that its hardened bushings would 
likely attract a 2nd look during a valid VA Safety 
Inspection.   Interestingly enough, its idler arm and ball joints are 
still pretty good.   And the idler arm appears to be original.  At 
least I never changed it out and I've owned it longer than all other 
owners combined.

I sometimes wonder if the guys who assembled the first Corvairs ever 
had a fleeting thought of one of them somehow managing to last over a 
half-century and still be on the road unrestored.    I WOULD wager 
that it's one of the very few if not the only one that's still in 
such use... looking the way it does... still registered and insured 
and driven regularly.

...not that this is anything even remotely resembling a badge of 
distinction.   In fact, I have been told that a person who would 
drive something that looks like that must either have no shame or is 
a sociopath.



tony..