I guess it is brain fade raising its ugly head again. I don't recall
Andy & Corvairs at all. I was there, but in those days, I was heavily
involved in working at the meets and trying to run a roadster. Didn't
get around to see what else was going on. It was '62 that I became aware
of Andy and his cars. That started with the Chrysler "300".
The Corvairs I remember was Tom Kesobabian (sp?) (turbo charged at
around 150MPH @ Bonneville), and another that ran at the 1/2 mile drags
and shut down Corvettes, don't remember his name. Both were Corvair
engine powered and great performers.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> Bill Ward also "played" with a SBC powered Corvair on the salt.
> Ed
>
>
> Wester S Potter wrote:
>
>> Tom,
>> He ran them for at least two years ... had to be early on in the life of the
>> Corvair because they were the original body style. Some rude comments about
>> how hard it was for him to squeeze his rather large body into that drivers
>> compartment with the roll cage in place. Don West was running a Corvair
>> body at the time with a supercharged Chrysler Hemi in what would have been
>> the front seat of the four door sedan. It was easier for us to get at the
>> Chrysler for maintenance between runs than for Andy to get at the Corvair
>> engine with all his addd-ons.
>> Wes
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