<VV> Curious Question

[Ron F Hinz]

Cruising on the highway is when a Corvair heats the best.  Our Rampside
stays comfortable with the heat just cracked open under those conditions.
It doesn't like to heat when in town and at stoplights.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Underwood" <tonyu@roava.net>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Curious Question


> At 05:01 hours 10/21/2004 +0100, Alan and Clare Wesson wrote:
> >> When driving my corvair and need to stop, if I am going to be out of
car
> >> less then 5 min. I leave car running.
> >
> >
> >Good God, have you Americans no conscience? Haven't you *heard* of Global
> >Warming???
> >
>
>
>
> It's 48 degrees outside.   I'm *still* waiting for that global warming
they
> keep promising us.
>
> Where's my global warming?   I want my  global warming and I want it
*now*!
>     I'm tired of zero-degree temps in late November in a state that's
> supposed to be in a "temperate zone".
>
> Driving a Corvair in zero temps is generally not a pleasing experience.
> Not even a gas heater can keep up with such freezes when cruising
> Interstates... at least that has been my experience.
>
>
> Speaking of which:
>
>
> It's time to refurbish my gas heater in the '60 4-door soon as practical.
> The exhaust pipe stub is cracked, smokes up the trunk... I need to
> dismantle it and either weld another stub onto the burner box or  replace
> the burner box and be done with it.   I also need to do some work on the
> fuel lines and the pressure regulator which I suspect is a bit gummy from
> not having been used for many months.    This heater hasn't ever been
> service as long as I've owned the car (20+ years) and it's likely time,
> long since due.
>
>
> tony..
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