<VV> Corvair Firsts (more)

JVHRoberts@aol.com JVHRoberts@aol.com
Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:24:33 EDT


1. Some Crosleys had aluminum blocks, as well as Duesenbergs, etc. 
2. Some of the fuel injected SBCs made at least 1 HP per CID, and some more 
than that. I also believe there were various supercharged cars that topped that 
number too. 


In a message dated 9/27/2004 7:34:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
contactsmu@sbcglobal.net writes:
Please correct me if I'm wrong but;

First American Production Vehicle with an aluminum block

First Air Cooled

First to use unitized body construction

First to have a greater than one to one horsepower cubic inch 
displacement ratio

First to have a front crumple zone

Stephen Upham
Corvairium II