<VV> 4-speed transmissions have "one more gear to go wrong" ?

[Charlie]

Why?

Did your father fail to order a 4-speed, thinking logically that the 4-speed
was standard?  Seems a reasonable omission considering he went to the
trouble of ordering an otherwise pretty well-optioned car!

Was he disappointed when he got the car thinking "What the heck! I have to
ASK for a 4-speed in a car like this??"

I remember a Corvair owner who "special ordered" a new Corvair coupe as
"500" instead of a Corsa, so "I can put the chrome where I want it"!

Plus, he actually wanted a 3-speed because 4-speeds (which he thought,
wrongly, were standard on the Corsa) had "one more gear to go wrong" whereas
the "500" gave him the choice that a Corsa didn't offer.

If I recall correctly, the 3-speed does not have "full synchro" whereas the
4-speed does?

Just my thoughts driving down "Memory Lane" ...
Charlie


-----Original Message-----
From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
Steve Lovejoy via VirtualVairs
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 12:20 PM
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Subject: <VV> 3 sp Corsa

My Dad owned a 66 Corsa 140. It had Factory AC, Factory Head Rests, Factory
AM/FM Radio, Factory Wire Wheel Hubcaps and a 3sp manual transmission!!

Steve Lovejoy
65 Corsa EFI Turbo 140
Modesto, CA
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