Re: Sixty years ago on the roads of Narrow Gauge Country . . .

GeorgeGaskill Wrote:
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> . . .  Ford Corvair . . . ??

cdaspit Wrote:
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> . . . Chevy made the Corvair and it was the
> subject matter in the first chapter of Ralph
> Nader's book 'Unsafe at Any Speed'. They
> were notorious for the extreme weight bias
> toward the rear of the car, because the small-
> block V8 was rear-mounted, behind the rear
> wheels . . .

George W Pearce Wrote:
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> Um . . .   I believe Corvairs came equipped
> with a pancake 6 engine.


Mine did -

Including a couple of twists in the fan belt between the pulley on the end of the crankshaft and the pulley on top for the fan.  I learned very quickly to ALWAYS carry a spare belt — probably went through two dozen of 'em in the 120,000+ miles I drove that clunker . . .

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/2021 08:47PM by Russo Loco.