<VV> Devin C

Sat Aug 12 17:38:58 EDT 2017

Good info; a tube chassis would also be required. The rest should be 
relatively easy to acquire.

Thanks,

Mark

On 8/12/17 5:53 AM, Paul Fox wrote:
> Jeff Moore of Automotive Archeologists has all the body bucks to make 
> new bodys. He's a Corvair guy for sure and could help you in looking 
> for or building a Devin
>
>
> On Friday, August 11, 2017 9:33 PM, mark--- via VirtualVairs 
> <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
>
>
> If anyone knows of a Devin C for sale, I'd be interested, especially if
> it was a project car such that the price might not be as high.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark N
>
> On 8/11/17 7:47 PM, Rick Loving via VirtualVairs wrote:
> > The Devin that was ran at the Salt flats with an "extimated" 167 mph top
> > speed was not officially timed.
> >
> > The car was running much taller tires than stock, in the pictures 
> they look
> > like 15" rim and plently of sidewall.
> >
> > The Devin also had a 3:08 diff...but even doing the math with a 
> really tall
> > tires they would have had to have the tach well past 5000 to achieve 
> 167.
> >
> > I have never seen a weight distribution front to rear listed in any
> > publiciation and I am not sure if any of the owners have scaled 
> their cars.
> >
> > The Devin C was reported to be a little more tail heavy than the 
> Devin D due
> > to the Corvair powertrain in the Devin C weighing about 200 more lbs 
> that
> > the Devin D.
> >
> > This was the initial issue with the handling, but approproiate front 
> caster
> > and rear camber settings, paired with better rubber in the rear 
> dialed the
> > car in to be very neutral.
> >
> >
> > Rick Loving
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org 
> <mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org>] On Behalf Of
> > James P. Rice via VirtualVairs
> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 4:52 PM
> > To: virtualvairs at corvair.org <mailto:virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > Cc: 'McGowan, Mike'
> > Subject: <VV> Devin C
> >
> > Art:  There are several Devin C's within the CORSA membership.  If you
> > contact CORSA Communique editor Mike (CC above) he can probably aid 
> you in
> > getting your hands on the Nov/Dec Communique which had several 
> articles on
> > the car.
> >
> > I also have the Automobile issue you mentioned. I have seen several of
> > Devin C's autocross at CORSA's convention and none of them went 
> sideways.
> > My guess is the VW front suspension washes out in understeer before 
> the back
> > can go crazy.  At the Venture CA convention some years ago, Tom 
> Keosababian
> > had his there.  In the course of talking with him, he said the front 
> starts
> > getting light at about 100 and feels like the wheels are off the 
> ground at
> > about 120.  So a front spoiler is needed if you really want to go 
> fast.  Or
> > may be a lot of rake in the chassis.
> >
> > Art Evans, who worked with Bill Devin, wrote a softcover 60 pg "book" on
> > Devin's.  ISBN 0-9797219-2-X    You can probably find one on line if you
> > want to.
> >
> > I read the 167 at Bonneville claim.  I want to see the size of the rear
> > tires, 'cause that is flying speed.  Someplace in one of my file 
> folders I
> > have the road test Sports Car Graphic did way back when.  Since I cannot
> > quickly put my hands on it, I cannot tell you the weight 
> distribution.  Tail
> > heavy probably doesn't do it justice...!
> >
> > Historically Yours,
> >         James Rice
> >
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:33:25 -0400
> > From: arthurwlinden at aol.com <mailto:arthurwlinden at aol.com>
> > To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org <mailto:VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
> > Subject: <VV> Devin C
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with the Devin C?  A recent issue of
> > Automobile magazine has a nice article on Bill Devin's personal 
> car.  Says
> > it weighs 1,400 pounds with a 180 hp engine with what look to be 
> Weber carbs
> > - three per side.  Also that they once put a supercharger on it and 
> went 167
> > mph at Bonneville.  My question is - What is the weight 
> distribution?  How
> > did they prevent it from swapping ends at even moderate speeds?  
> They did
> > say when they drove it: "This car lives to change direction."
> >
> >
> > Art Linden
> >
> >
> >
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