<VV> Removing diesel smell

[Ramon Rodriguez III]

My buddy is a diesel nut and we have talked many times about putting a VW
TDI into a Corvair.  The fuel mileage should be fantastic but everyone is
going to think the car is on the verge of death when you drive by at low
speed!

Ray Rodriguez III
Certifiable Vair Nut

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:51 PM, shortle <shortle556 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Charles, You have a beautiful daughter. Not a bad looking car either. It
> has a 1964 front hood and 1963 front emblems. I do wonder has anyone
> converted a Corvair to diesel powered? We all know there are water pumpers
> in Corvairs but anyone know of diesels?
> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301
> 52 years old and happily married for the last 20 years
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: charles mckinley <cmckinley313 at verizon.net>
> >Sent: May 13, 2013 7:53 AM
> >To: vv <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >Subject: <VV> Removing diesel smell
> >
> >Many thanks to those of you who kindly responded to my inquiry a few
> >days ago, and apologies for the off-topic nature of the request. As a
> >couple folks rightly commented, I addressed the request to this forum in
> >the belief that a group of incurable gearheads would likely have
> >first-hand experience with spills and stains of that sort and would have
> >some creative remedies, and that proved to be true. I sent the same
> >inquiry to a motorcycle forum and got many of the same suggestions, so
> >we'll try some (or all) of them and see what works.
> >
> >By the way, there actually is a Corvair connection. My daughter the bus
> >driver, a student at the University of Virginia, considers our '63 Monza
> >900 "her" car when she's home, and I've attached a pic taken about five
> >years ago as part of her HS Senior album. Not too shabby for a bus
> >driver, I say.
> >
> >Thanks again,
> >Chuck McKinley
> >63 Monza 900 80-hp 3-speed
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