<VV> Corvair powered street rod

[Clark Hartzel]

OK guys, I have the answer to the question of what the owner did to the
transaxle.
I took the liberty of stealing a few pictures off the web site and putting
them in the AIRCOOLER, newsletter of the Detroit Area Corvair Club.
Today, armed with a copy of the newsletter, I went to Dick Fortin's shop and
saw the car.  He actually remembered me, so that was nice.  He said the ring
and pinion gear in the diff is reversed, ala CIDCO gears, but he claims he
got the gears out of GM somehow.  One of two sets that were made.  Since it
was probably illegal, I didn't pursue it any farther!
You guys should see this car!  Every fastener on the car is stainless steel.
Every shiney part on the car including the front axle is stainless steel.
The long swoopy nose is fiberglass.  He made a wood nose first and sanded it
into the final shape.  Then sprayed fiberglass over the wood "buck" to make
a female mold.  Then shot fiberglass into the mold to make the nose.
The frame is square steel tubing.  The engine is centered in the chassis and
one axle tube is cut shorter.  The lower strut rods are stainless steel.
The trailing arms are a stainless steel wishbone with homemade bearing
housings.  The exhaust system is stainless steel and he made his own
stainless mufflers!
Yes, I heard it run!  It runs like any hopped up Corvair with tripple Webers
and load mufflers!
I'm not sure but I might have wet myself after he started it!
He just got it street legal this summer and has put 200 miles on it going to
cruise nights.
He even has a top for it but I didn't see it.
I told him about our CORSA convention in July and when I mentioned we would
like to see it show up at the GM Tech Center on concours day he really
sounded interested.  Hell, I will pay for his CORSA and DACC membership just
to have him bring it there.  Stay tuned.
Clark Hartzel