<VV> Corvair Firsts (more)

[Al Corelli]

I knew Crosleys had SHEETMETAL blocks, cause I had a couple, but Aluminum? I
doubt it. they were small inexpensive cars. Aluminum (alumin-i-um for Alan)
was too exotic back then for blocks in such a cheap (and cheaply made) car.

Al Corelli


JVHRoberts@aol.com wrote:
> 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
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