<VV> Spooky Story

[Bob & Kathy Gilbert]

Oil? Oil? You mean my car needs oil? I thought it was air cooled!  :-) :-)
Bob
PS I AM just kidding here! 

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Dave Morris "BigD"
Sent: July 5, 2005 6:45 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Spooky Story

What kinda awl were you runnin in that there vair, Bob?  Wasn't synthetic,
was it?

(snicker)

Dave


At 07:24 PM 7/5/2005, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've taken my freshly rebuilt 180 convertible out about a dozen times 
>on shake down runs to town - about 8 miles or so at about at a steady 
>3000 - 3500 RPM on a two lane highway and to-date it has run very well.
>
>Today - the first decent day in a while and I decided to drive it to 
>work for the first time - about 20 miles on the same highway.
>
>Got in the car and the first thing I noticed was that it was very hard 
>to start requiring close to 30-45 seconds of cranking. It finally 
>started and I let it run for a minute or two then pulled out of my 
>driveway and by coincidence I looked at the trip meter - 666 (no sh*&t 
>- I am not making this up!).
>
>Pulled out onto the highway and the car slowly dies while it is nicely 
>straddling the center line! Simultaneously I look to my right and see a 
>red Toyota now bearing down on me at about 60 mph! He's furiously 
>honking and I am praying that the Vair will have enough energy to get 
>out of the way. It did but only just.
>
>Get to the side of the road and the car starts right up. I decide to 
>drive on and get about a mile or so down the road and the car dies 
>again with all of the feel of a car running out of gas, not the "right 
>now" feel of an ignition failure. I pull over, immediately start the 
>car again and return home. The return trip is uneventful so out I go 
>again (I am a glutton for
>punishment!) to go to work. This time I get about 5 miles when it dies 
>again
>- same symptoms but this time I have the added "pleasure" of having a 
>zillion ton fully loaded logging truck racing up behind me at about 70 mph.
>I pull over, restart the car and this time I say enough is enough and 
>drive home were the car now remains.
>
>Strange, eh?
>
>Bob
>
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