<VV> Corsa/Monza

[UltraMonzaWest@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/15/2004 1:10:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, WadeHalsey <hihal@adelphia.net> writes:

>NicolCS@aol.com wrote:
>> Now the only 
>> question I will have to suffer is the inevitable "Is it a Spyder?" question...  Why 
>> the heck did Chevy drop the good "Spyder" name when they changed from the 
>> "practice" models to the "real" Corvairs?
>
>I agree that Chevrolet should have kept the Spyder name because very few folks 
>know what a Corsa is but most remember the Spyder.
>It is interesting that at least half of the people who want to talk about my 
>Corvair, ask whether it has "the Spyder motor". Of course, I patiently explain 
>that only turbo-charged engined early models were so equipped. On one occasion I 
>raised the engine lid to show my carbureted engine and learned something myself; 
>my questioner thought the air cleaner with its four air-cleaner tubes looked 
>like a spider and therefore this WAS one of the famous Spyder motors. I'm 
>guessing that a lot of people think the same thing and that is the reason we get 
>this question over and over.
>
>Wade Halsey

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I agree....common  mis conceptions I've run across

1  140  air Cleaner is a "Spyder"

2  A.I.R.  pump is a turbocharger

3  "Turbo Air" decal on air cleaner denotes it's turbo'd!

4   Carburators are "Del Orto's"  and that's why it's so hard to keep them adjusted...