Wes;
Way back in the sixties, Hot Rod Magazine published an article about
dropping a Corvair engine into a VW. The title was "Beans for Der Beetle"
and it started somewhat of a trend.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: W S Potter [mailto:wester6935@attbi.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 5:47 PM
To: Dick J; Russel Mack; Nafzger; Richard Fox; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Corvair
Don't know if any of you remember the California Bill, Chevrolet hop up
speed publications. He moved to Palo Alto, CA and ended up buying a Porsche
Speedster. Loved the car but hated the fact that it was so underpowered so
he removed the Porsche engine and installed a much modified Corvair
powerplant. A friend looked at it with the intention of buying it and took
me along for a ride. It rivaled the Corvettes of 1968 in acceleration and
we shut down a couple of Olds 442"s.
Wes
on 1/15/03 10:16 AM, Dick J at lsr_man@yahoo.com wrote:
> Russel Mack <rtmack@concentric.net> wrote: ... .. Nader. In my opinion, he
> killed an interesting car
> I had a corsa when I came back from Vietnam. I thought of it as a poor
man's
> Porsche. I think that had it continued in production and development, it
may
> well have spawned some sports cars that could have rivaled a lot of things
on
> the road - - -
> Dick J In East Texas
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