<VV> "new toy" NO CORVAIR

[Mark Noakes]

aside from making me want to have a similar car, this also makes me want to see what could be done with an ultimate Lakewood...

Mark Noakes

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: NicolCS at aol.com
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> "new toy" NO CORVAIR
> Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 08:48:32 EDT
> 
> 
> Being a classless kinda guy, I don't have an all-Corvair family, my stable
> includes some German stuff, a 65 Vette, and the occasional Resto-rod.  My latest
> showed up yesterday, a '95 Audi S6 Quatto wagon (aka "S6 Avant).  Whoa
> there's hope for those Lakewoods yet - factory rated Hp from the little 2.2L is 227
> net hp. This one has been chipped, piped, and gated to 300 net hp -
> Wheee-baaah!  Can you imagine a Lakewood with 300 hp from a 134 cubic inch engine?  
> This
> is the first car I've ever had the nerve to buy off the internet - mostly I
> developed a sense of the honesty of the PO after the auction closed (not
> meeting his reserve). Once I started feeling good about the PO, I stepped up to
> something approaching the real value of the car (they are very rare).  FYI Audi
> fans made such a ruckus when the 20 valve 2.2 was replaced by a V6 in '92 that
> Audi brought the engine back into production after being gone for 4 years and
> started their go-fast "S" versions with it. (Kinda like a Spyder is to a
> Corvair) The  lastest "S" car is the little S4, smaller than a Corvair, with about
> 420 hp stock (from a 40V V8) and chips to around 500 hp!  Lotsa fun. Only
> problem is that it's TICKET RED!
> 
> Back to your regular programming (Rotating F-plates)
> Craig Nicol
> 
> Anybody want to buy a nearly pristine Audi V8 Quattro? About the same price
> as a nice Monza.
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