<VV> Re: 4 Speed Lube (was there ever a Muncie trans?)

[Dave Leonard]

Thanks Bob - learn something new every day...  I always thought of the early
(pre-'66) as having Muncie transmissions.  But I can't recall why we assumed
that, other than the big Chev's had either a Muncie or a Saginaw, as far as
I know.  Were they really all build by Saginaw?

Regards,

Dave

> From: BobHelt@aol.com
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:14:10 EDT
> Subject: Re: <VV> Re:  4 Speed Lube
> To: hyarnell1@earthlink.net, thegeek2@juno.com
> CC: virtualvairs@skiblack.com
>
> > There are only two four speed transmissions used in Corvairs. The Borg
> > Warner, and the Saginaw. The BW has a tin plate on the drivers side, and
the
> > ...
>
> There is no such thing as a Borg Warner transmission for the Corvair. All
> Corvair manual transmissions were designed and built by Saginaw. The
1966-69
> Corvair MTs are called Saginaws because of their commonalities with the
big Chev
> transmissions.
> Regards,
> Bob Helt