<VV> Re: Ad - Turbo question?

[Joel S. Garblik]

Hi folks,
I have encouraged and received a few phone calls regarding my ad on Ebay.  I
received a call last night from a gentleman who called from Lexus of
Highland Park (IL) and questioned the speed of my Spyder.  I mention in the
ad that top speed seems to be "around 55mph."  As a practical matter, it is
rarely driven on a highway, and because the odometer/speedometer does not
appear to be accurate, I usually guess at the speed of the car.  For every
day driving, my neighborhood and local business roads are with posted speed
of 25-45 mph, and I don't have any problem keeping up with any nearby cars.
On the local highway, people travel way faster than speed limit, and I
confess that I am not comfortable taking an old car up to top limit.  When
driving at my fastest speeds, the speedo needle is hovering around 55-60,
but I'm disclosing that the reading is not accurate - in fact, I may be
going faster.  However, the caller is of the impression that a "properly
restored" turbo should be able to go "80-90" mph.
Despite the fact that I have had the turbo rebuilt and the car worked on
over the years, I can not ever recall the car having that kind of speed.
It's very likely that the local mechanics, not expert in Corvair rebuilding,
did the best they could and the car is still not up to its potential.  I
usually don't go that fast in our Volvo turbo, or my Mercedes AMG55 turbo.
I want to be honest and accurate.  Should the car be able to travel at that
high a speed, or is the caller misinformed?
Thanks 
Joel



> From: <virtualvairs-request at corvair.org>
> Reply-To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Date: Thu,  5 Jan 2006 11:09:43 -0500 (EST)
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 12, Issue 25
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:49:21 -0500
> From: "Joel S. Garblik" <jgarblik at comcast.net>
> Subject: <VV> Spyder convertible on Ebay
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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> 
> Hi all,
> For several years I had debated putting the car up for sale and always
> backed out at the last minute with seller¹s regret.  With some final
> resolve, I did get it listed on Ebay yesterday:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4602342167
> 
> As a quick historical note, I purchased the Spyder from another member of
> Virtual Vairs over 8 years ago.  Some of the long timers on this forum might
> remember some of the early dialog regarding the ³sweet Purple Spyder² by one
> of our knowledgeable and helpful members.  Thanks to good email
> communication, and then follow-up telephone calls, we had a successful
> transaction and I obtained one heck of a car.  It was my goal to take it to
> the next level, and as the ad will describe, I spent time and money on it
> over the years.
> 
> Last year I put a blurb on this forum regarding my putting it up for sale as
> I wanted to intrigue fellow Corvair lovers first, and I did get a several
> private email replies.   Please feel free to contact me privately for any
> further information.   Happy New Year to you all
> 
> Joel