<VV> Front engine Corvair

airvair airvair@richnet.net
Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:23:27 -0400


No accounting for taste, is there?

-Mark

UltraMonzaWest@aol.com wrote:

>He's a Ford TRUCK  man thru and thru....and believes the 427[ Nascar version] 
> is the best engine ever.....
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>In a message dated 10/24/2004 7:26:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>airvair@richnet.net writes:
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>>I would have asked him then why the non-Chevy, let alone the 
>>non-Corvair, engine? (G)
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>>-Mark
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>>UltraMonzaWest@aol.com wrote:
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>>><>I agree, Matt! FWIW why I am opposed to calling anything with a front
>>>engine (particulary if it's water cooled) and a Corvair body a "Corvair"
>>>is because it's totally against everything the Corvair stands for. It's
>>>the ultimate heresy and an insult of the highest magnitude.
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>>>-Mark C
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>>>Actually it's a complement to use our bodies.....saw a 427 Ford powerd 
>>>65....asked why the Vair body....
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>>>He said it was the most perfect lined car he'd ever seen....
>>>
>>>Matt