<VV> Re:

[John Kepler]

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Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 8:49 AM
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> In a message dated 2/16/2004 6:30:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:
>
> > "Big John" from Ohio poured oil regularly down the front fresh air
intake
> > passages in his silver '60 700 to allow it to run along the insides of
the
> > rockers, kept them greased up and preventing them from rusting.  Oil
would
> > dribble out of the rear drain ahead of the back wheels...
>
>   "Big John" shoulda cleaned the leaves out of his lower intakes and
welded
> up the rusted holes into his rockers....unlike a LM the rockers of an EM
aren't
> supposed to have air, water, oil, leaves, etc from the air intake flowing
> through them.

I NEVER did that!  You'd never see me with an EM!

Seriously though......it makes some sense!  Having spent the last 3 years
rebuilding what was left of a '67 Convertible, ANYTHING that would prevent
those too many layers of steel from rusting into oblivion simply couldn't
hurt!  To quote Bill Cosby, "When every rational approach has
failed.....you're willing to give the absurd a try!"

John