Hi
My daily driver truck is '61 Rampside with '65 Corsa running gear, My '54 AD
has a '62 van IFS.
Lee
Many Old Chevy trucks
----- Original Message -----
From: <mark@noakes.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Another strange offering from GMC
> It was in Vintage Truck.
>
> I used to have a Corvair van and a 61 station wagon and still have my 66
Corvair Monza
> car. My brother has had several of the Corvair pickup trucks...usually
with nicknames
> like Pokey or Gumby. The market segment that GM was trying to address was
those who
> were defecting away from American cars to the VW bug and bus. You're
right that that
> engine didn't have much useful power as a serious truck, but the cars got
well into the
> upper 20s gas mileage wise. I would like to have one of the Greenbriar
camper vans...but they are
> about as rare as the Pontiac equivalent of the Cameo.
>
> The engine could be built up to about 225hp...turbo or naturally
aspirated...pretty
> easily...and up to 350hp with difficulty...either is pretty good on a car
that weighs in
> around 2300 lbs. My brother's 65 Corsa (which he also still has) used to
beat his
> friend's 351 Mustang regularly. Then there's the mid-engine V8
conversions...
>
> I still have a soft spot in my heart...er, head...for the Corvair cars. I
actually like
> the way they handle; very fast if driven right. The technique is the same
as driving a
> Porsche 911 correctly...most Americans aren't tuned for that. My only
complaint was the
> heater.
>
> Mark Noakes
>
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 23:43:09 -0500, "Gary Perry" wrote:
>
> >
> > Wasn't that story in Vintage Truck this month or last? Big article, it
looks
> > just like the Corvair van that came out later. Wimpy air-cooled engine
in it
> > though, no V-8! Maybe it was some other mag like Custom Truck or ?
Probly a
> > sister mag to the one you have. Seems when one mag from a company has a
> > story, each other ones get it or part of it to run in there's too.
> >
> > G. L. Grumpy's
> > Old Iron Ranch
> > Huntington, IN 46750
> > AD trucks and MM tractors
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hanlon, Bill (ISS Houston)" <bill.hanlon@hp.com>
> > To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 3:07 PM
> > Subject: [oletrucks] Another strange offering from GMC
> >
> >
> > > Paging through the September '03 (current) copy of High Performance
> > Pontiac I ran across a four page article on the 1955 GMC L'Universelle.
> > This is a one-off show vehicle that GMC toured that year. It is about
> > mini-van size, front wheel drive and uses a 287" Pontiac V8/Hydra-Matic
> > mounted backwards for power. The front end looks like a mixture of
> > Caddy/Pontiac/Chevy parts while the rear has one set of 55 Chevy tail
lights
> > over a second set with clear lenses for back up lights that are upside
down.
> > Rear bumper looks like Chevy Nomad/Pontiac Safari as does the "B"
pillar.
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
1959
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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