<VV> 65 or 66 RB engine

[BBRT]

I wonder if the turkey roaster holes were different between small and large 
hole heads/years? But,of course, who knows what year sheet metal is on the 
engine?

Chuck S

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From: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: <hallgrenn at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> 65 or 66 RB engine


> Hi Bob, Good question and I believe the answer is "no". I don't believe 
> there is a way to tell if the crank case is a '65 or '66. But of course 
> the bolts on top of the heads are different sizes. Or if the engine had 
> stuff like A/C (not available in '65 RB engines) or AIR. But just the 
> engine number does not tell you what year. Timothy Shortle in Durango 
> Colorado 81301
>
>
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>>From: hallgrenn at aol.com
>>Sent: Jul 1, 2013 11:59 AM
>>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>>Subject: <VV> 65 or 66 RB engine
>>
>>
>>I wanted to check to see if an RB engine T1217RB is a '65 or '66.  It was 
>>sold to me years ago by one of our respected Corvair experts as a '66, but 
>>it had the early 140 heads (small diameter top cover bolts mixed with the 
>>big ones).  I don't believe there is any way to tell if it is a '65 model 
>>of '66 model RB, but I thought I'd throw it out for discussion.  I have no 
>>problems with my purchase as I believed it was a '65 when I bought it even 
>>though it was represented as a '66 (maybe the heads were swapped), but 
>>I've always wondered if there was any difference that would tell one year 
>>from the other besides the top cover to head bolts.
>>
>>Bob Hall
>>Group Corvair
>>Corvanatics
>>CORSA
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