RE <VV> Lemons..The Worlds Worst Cars

[Dan & Synde]

Hi Smitty,

I bought the book Lemons...The Worlds Worst Cars years ago on the discount
table, I think it was 75 percent off!!  I guess other people saw through the
misinformation too.  I bought it for the great two page studio picture of
the red 62'vert!  There are many other great full color pictures of other
vehicle whose only fault was being "different" or "orphan".

Some of the great misinformed quotes from the book are:

"The Corvair was powered by a 'pancake' six cylinder that, oddly, had
bushings instead of main bearings, and was made of aluminum"

"These engines suffered early burnout when the main bearings wore down, and
the aluminum block contributed to overheating"

"Another liability was that the aircooled 140 cu in Corvair six was a much
larger engine than the tiny VW air-cooled four, and needed a very efficient
air-ducting system to suit its cooling needs.  That it lacked such was a
shortcoming that was most apparent in the station wagon models." "difficulty
routing of cool air to the engine with a station wagon deck in the way"
"Therefore, overheating was a major problem"

As you can tell from the quotes, it's good for a laugh if you know the
truth!

Again, it has some great pictures!! I highly recommend it.

Dan Kling

1961 Greenbrier Deluxe, 4spd, 3.89  On the Road Again,  yeehaw :)
1963 Spyder, restored   4spd Saginaw
1967 Ultravan #299  Newest of the herd!! Almost killed me already!!


http://photos.yahoo.com/duchesskyra
A few pictures of the Greenbrier, more to come!


<snip>
 Smitty says: I feel the same way about supporting an author that takes
shots at our >car,however I own a copy of The Worlds Worst Cars.  A flea
market buy for 25 cents.  It is >interesting reading until you get to the
part about Corvairs.  It has more erroneous and mistaken information in a
few paragraphs than you could believe a person could make.  Which of course
makes anything read in the rest of the book questionable.  If the
information in one of those books is well thought out and substantiated then
it doesn't bother me much.
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