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Date:         Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:42:39 -0800
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
Comments: To: Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
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Besides a propensity to fling it's fan belt of the 90 degree twisted pulley system, I never had any serious failures in my Corvairs. Even had one in a '57 Singlecab.

BenT

sent from my electronic leash

On Nov 11, 2011, at 7:21 AM, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I thought its fatal flaw was that it broke in half. lol > > Sudhir > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:10, Frank Lee <techedteacher@gmail.com> wrote: >> Very strange. >> >> The Corvair was Chevy's failed attempt to offer a US alternative the >> strange and rapidly multiplying VW Beetle. >> >> It was so poorly engineered it flipped and killed lots of people, including >> two I knew in high school. >> It gave Ralph Nader his start as a consumer activist, the subject of his >> book "Unsafe At Any Speed" >> >> As an engine, if I recall correctly, it fried valves frequently or had >> another fatal defect. Strange to have one running, let alone in a VW. >> >> Halloween is over isn't it? >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: >> >>> Not mine: >>> >>> http://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/2676492483.html >>> >>> 1979 VW BUS - $5000 (Varina) - 1979 VW Bus with 1967 chevy corvair engine >>> with two speed auto transmission. Interior stock. Bill 399-9490 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>


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