<VV> Which End is which?

[J R Read_HML]

Cheese, Lonzo...  So far as I could tell, he was just trying to clarify the 
question that was originally asked in order to formulate an appropriate 
answer.  As you well know, there is a lot more involved to get to the 
bellhousing end.

Leg sore today?  <GRIN>

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LonzoVair at aol.com>
To: <ron67ran at hotmail.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> ballast


>
> 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
>
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