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Re: Wierd Corvairs/Jag V-12s

To: MHKitchen@aol.com, owner-vintage-race@autox.team.net,
Subject: Re: Wierd Corvairs/Jag V-12s
From: PaceCars@aol.com
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 15:10:13 EDT
In a message dated 5/28/99 3:56:49 PM, MHKitchen@AOL.COM wrote:

>Most of us in the Bay Area know about this one.....there's a retired 
>automotive engineer here who tinkers around....he built a Corvair with a Jag 
>V-12 in the back seat.   What's really amazing is he hand fabricated all the 
>suspension, and from the outside, the car looks totally stock!!...a REAL 
>SLEEPER.
>
>The question is always, WHY?  Only he knows......

At an SCCA "vintage" race in the 1980s I saw a Triumph TR-250 with a Jag V-12 
inserted. Supposedly it was an ex-Kastner or Group 44 car (?). Sniff. Owned 
by an aerospace engineer.  WHY? Only he knows...
Harold Pace

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