Date:         Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:19:39 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
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I had a number of them, and never had any trouble out of the engines
besides clattering lifters and a propensity for all the aluminum and steel
parts to meld into a single lump of alloy—call it corvarium—over time. Many
broken studs on those engines come overhaul time.

Best gas heaters ever made, too!

Jim

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 9:10 AM, 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
> >
>