Larry,
I hate to disagree, but I also had a Corvair (a 62) and it had 2 carbs but was
not a Monza.
It had 102 HP and an (get this) air conditioner. That condenser coil was on
top of the fan which made it an all day job to change the
fan belt. And you know how often you had to do that!!!
Joe
Larry Vaughan wrote:
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> I had a Corvair. It had one carb. Two carbs would have made it a Monza. I
> guess no top would have made it a Spyder. Gas was .25 a gallon. I bought gas
> in one dollar increments. One dollar would get home from College. I had a
> problem getting back to school one time. I passed ever car going less than
> 70. After the third car I passed, it was like I ran out of gas. When I
> sputtered off to the side of the road and all the cars I had passed went by,
> the motor perked up again. I passed all the cars again, then it was like I
> ran out of gas again. I sputtered to the side of the road and, after a
> minute or so the damn car perked up and ran fine to OKC. I had to find a
> Porche mechanic to tell me it was the float level. The motor never fell out
> on the highway like Ralph Nader said it would.
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