<VV> Anybody noticed more interest in vairs

[mark@noakes.com]

all small block chevy on the crown stuff, though i would have liked to have done an
aluminum block 215 myself.  my brother has all the parts but he never lets go of
anything.  he has a huge stash of corvair parts and old gm truck parts and 55 - 57 chevy
parts and...etc...

Mark Noakes

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 22:05:06 +0100 , Patten Del R Civ AFRL Det 8/PKMA wrote:

> 
>   Hey Mark...you didn't also collect parts for a reverse rotation Buick too
> did you??  I am looking to do one but the parts are hard to find!!
> 
>   Del Patten...CNM
> 
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> Subject: Re: <VV> Anybody noticed more interest in vairs
> 
> 
> I've run peripheral to the local hot rod crowd here in the South since the
> early 70s. 
> Corvairs have never been accepted as part of the in crowd.  All the typical
> pony
> car/muscle cars (including Novas) counted but to really qualify as a real
> hot rod you
> needed a modified small block/big block V8 in the 300-600 hp (old style
> gross) range
> from any of the big three.  I don't know of any Corv-8s in this area; we
> collected most
> of the Crown parts years ago but never had the time to build up a car.
> 
> Now I notice that the Honda/Toyota/Mazda/etc boy racer crowd seem to think
> that the
> Corvair is really cool.
> 
> Mark Noakes
> 66 Monza coupe
> 61 Lakewood
> 58 Chevy Suburban
> 58 GMC 4wd pickup
> 86 Chevy Silverado
> 86 Corvette conv, SCCA Solo2, BSP #32
> Knoxville, TN
> 
> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 13:57:59 EDT, Sethracer@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > 
> > In a message dated 7/8/04 2:44:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> > UltraMonzaWest@aol.com writes:
> > >I have noticed more people are interested in corvairs.
> > >
> > >Used to be, point, laugh, move on.
> > **********************************************
> > 
> > Funny...on the West Coast...Corvairs have always had respect by those in
> the 
> > "know"....just suffer from lack of power.....
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> > 
> > And when people see a fast one, then look into the back seat area - 
> > Suspicious Minds! -Seth
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