>NOPE! It's a (gulp) Corvair! No flames please, the engine is hot enough
>already.
Nothing wrong with that, Ron. It probably uses the Crown Engineering
engine/trans adapter. Crown made several different adapters for the VW
transaxle and chassis including one to mate a Datsun L-series motor with
it, I think. I definitely remember they offered an adapter to drop a V-8
into the Corvair, making it mid engine with the motor in the back seat
some way or another. Maybe they used an early FWD Toronado or El Dorado
transaxle. I have a copy of the HP Books Corvair hot rod guide somewhere.
I'll have to take a look.
The folks at EMPI made a lot of stuff for both the VW's and the Corvairs.
I wouldn't mind having both an early model (turbo) and a late model
(turbo or four carb) Spyder. After they went to the straight trailing arm
rear suspension the handling was better than the earlier swing arm cars.
I seem to remember the biggest problem many folks had was keeping the fan
belt on the car. Since it was a long one and actually made two right
angle turns between the crank pulley and the cooling fan, they were prone
to being tossed off with "spirited" driving.<G>
Ah, the memories. Must be brought on by the Austin Powers movies. I'll
have to dig out my Burt Bacharach and Sergio Mendes albums. What!...You
don't remember albums?!
Later,
Ron
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'71 510 2-dr (Prepared class autocrosser)
'73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)
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