<VV> Why Corvairs Need...Re: Fwd: Sreaming in low (PG)

Wed Nov 4 11:50:57 EST 2015

No Mel Brooks.  John Huston!

Having been in the police badge-making business, I was accustomed to 
people making the "stinkin badges" remark.  I would immediately ask, 
"what movie is that from?"  90 percent of the time the answer was 
"Blazing Saddles."  Wrong!

--William J. LePetomane

On 11/4/2015 11:41 AM, Harry Yarnell (Verizon) wrote:
> Somebody's been watching too much Mel brooks...Throw the third switch. Not
> the third switch!
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> From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
> Robert Marlow, Vairtec Corporation via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 11:36 AM
> To: frankcb at aol.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Why Corvairs Need...Re: Fwd: Sreaming in low (PG)
>
> Gauges? We ain't got no gauges. We don't need no gauges. I don't have to
> show you any stinkin' gauges!
>
> --Alfonso Bedoya
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> On 11/4/2015 10:57 AM, frankcb at aol.com wrote:
>> Bob,
>>       That's why Corvairs need a TACHOMETER as well as an engine TEMP.
>> gauge.  When I was driving my Pontiac Transport on the highway, I
>> could always check the tach to make sure I was in the highest gear
>> possible  (60 mph should be 1800 rpm) to make sure I wasn't
>> excessively contributing to "Global Warming" and possibly invoking the
>> wrath of Al Gore!!!!!
>>
>> Frank Burkhard
>> Boonton, NJ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robert Marlow, Vairtec Corporation via VirtualVairs
>> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Tue, Nov 3, 2015 4:06 pm
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Fwd: Sreaming in low (PG)
>>
>> Rampsides are quiet.  Decades ago, riding in a friend's Rampside,
>> sailing along near 50 mph, he suddenly realized that the shift lever
>> was in 'low' and the engine was turning at 89,000 rpm or so.  He
>> upshifted, and we drove on...
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