<VV> tonawanda?

[henry kaczmarek]

Trey
I grew up three blocks from the plant.
All the engines were Assembled at Tonawanda. That's why every Vair engine 
block number begins with T.

The parts were casted in Messina, NY, but Tonawanda did all the final 
assembly, and the engines were shipped from Tonawanda to the car/Truck 
assembly points.

Back when the plant used to have an open house so the community could come 
in and see the engines being made (mid-late 60's) I used to go there, and 
you could see the Corvair assembly and engine test area.  The engines were 
tested with propane as I remember. Makes you wonder why someone hasn't 
modified the Vair to run on propane. Then again, maybe someone has.

There is a rumor---nobody knows for certain, that after the end of Corvair 
Production, part of the floor in the plant was being changed from wooden 
blocks (so different machines could be mounted in different areas) over to 
concrete. and nearly a half box car of finished Corvair engines was used for 
FILL, the concrete poured on top of it.

Best Regards
Hank Kaczmarek






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trey Bosson" <corvairbo at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 6:19 AM
Subject: <VV> tonawanda?


the engine plant at tonawanda is in my local news here in western ny. i know 
that many if not all corvair engines were assembled there. are there any 
web-sites that show pics of those days. trey bosson wellsville ny
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