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[LonzoVair at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/9/2006 10:21:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
corvairduval at cox.net writes:

By  front, do you mean the front of the car (as in crankshaft seal at  
flywheel) or front of the engine (crankshaft seal at harmonic  balancer)?



Oooooh... that's one of my biggest pet peeves... the FRONT of the engine is  
the part with the bell housing on it... the REAR of the engine is where the HB 
 is... and the motor mount, and the oil filter.... 
I get the same thing from those pesky Saab owners... just because the water  
pump is at the firewall it does NOT make that the front of the engine....
I wonder how E.L. Cord handled this, since his cars were front wheel drive,  
but the engine was behind the differential...
The same bunch of people almost always like to reverse the sides of  the car, 
too... "It's the left rear molding"... "Show me" I'd say.... they  would take 
me to the right side of the car and say "See, that one"... "Hey  buddy, 
that's the RIGHT SIDE of the car..."... I had one say "Not when I'm  standing in 
front of it"..... I had to explain to the guy that even though  I was writing 
down something while he stood in front of me I was NOT using my  left hand to 
write with... what a maroon!
It's nothing against you, Frank... and you might have done that to make a  
point, but PLEASE PEOPLE, the REAR of the engine is what you see when you stand  
BEHIND the car/truck/van/station wagon and raise the deck lid... you know, 
THE  TRUNK!
:-)
And you DON'T want to get me started on those hillbillies who use the word  
IDEAL in place of IDEA... 
Later,
Lonzo.... LITERATE HILLBILLY  

Lon Anderson  in White Mills, KY
CORSA, Corvanatics, Derby City Corvair, Central Ky  Corvair
Quart Low Quarterly Editor
1961 Greenbrier 110/pg
1963  Greenbrier 110/4spd
1964 700 sedan 95/pg
1969 Monza  110/pg