<VV> Transporting a Corvair

[J R Read_HML]

That is a healthy trip.  Could be done in 2 days if all went well and you 
can sit for long periods, but 3 is more realistic.

You MIGHT want to change oil and filter twice along the way.  If it were me, 
I think I'd ask the current owner to put about 200 gentle miles MORE on the 
car and do an oil (dead dinos) and filter change before I arrived to pick it 
up.  Then - drive 500 to 600 miles (maybe the first day's drive) as you 
would want to keep speed under 60 and vary speed every couple of miles 
(probably in a range between 45 and 60).

Do an oil and filter change at the end of that first day.  If no consumption 
problem noted, go to synthetic - otherwise stay with normal oil (engine now 
has about 900 to 1,000 miles) and complete the trip with no further changes. 
Change around the 2,000 (more) mark and go to 3,000 mile oil changes after 
that.  By this point, there should not be ANY oil consumption and synthetic 
is the way to go.

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cepak, Tom A" <tom.a.cepak@lmco.com>
To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 12:03 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Transporting a Corvair


> 1762 miles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:48 AM
> To: Cepak, Tom A
> Subject: Re: <VV> Transporting a Corvair
>
>
> How many miles you got to go?  The first 400 - 500 ought to be kept
> pretty
> gentle (relatively slow).  I suppose there are some mountains to cross -
>
> hills to climb.  This is where you would want to be the most cautious.
> A
> fresh engine is going to run a bit hot just because of the friction of
> parts
> that are not yet worn in- well mated to one another.  You don't want to
> push
> too hard on the uphills.  Maybe he could put a couple hundred miles more
> on
> it before you get there?
>
> Do an oil change (and filter) before you leave his place (dino juice).
> Do
> another one about 500 miles later (again dino juice).  Also, not
> consumption
> (if any).  Are you home yet?  1,000 miles later, do another oil change.
> If
> there has been little or no consumption during this stretch, you are
> good to
> go to synthetic.
>
>
> Attachments are scanned with anti-virus software.
>
> Later, JR
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cepak, Tom A" <tom.a.cepak@lmco.com>
> To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>; <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:22 AM
> Subject: RE: <VV> Transporting a Corvair
>
>
>>I thought about flying out and driving back.  The current owner says
>>that the engine has only 150 miles on it after the complete rebuild.
>>He  thought it I could drive it home but he said the engine should be
>>broken  in slowly, so he'd have it transported.  What's your opinion?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc@sbcglobal.net]
>> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 9:03 PM
>> To: Cepak, Tom A
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Transporting a Corvair
>>
>>
>> Fly out (with tool box and assortment of what usually breaks), drive
>> back.
>>
>> Attachments are scanned with anti-virus software.
>>
>> Later, JR
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cepak, Tom A" <tom.a.cepak@lmco.com>
>> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 4:42 PM
>> Subject: <VV> Transporting a Corvair
>>
>>
>>> Guys,
>>>
>>> I think I might have found the Corvair I want but it is all the way
>>> on
>>
>>> the west Coast.  Do any of you know of a good, not going to cost me
>>> an
>>
>>> arm and a leg transportation company that will ship it to Texas?
>>> What
>>
>>> should I expect the shipping to cost?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tom
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