<VV> Air-cooled alternatives

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Not any more....
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From: <JVHRoberts at aol.com>
To: <david.neale3 at ntlworld.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Air-cooled alternatives


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> Hmmm... As I understand it, there's a German manufacturer of air  cooled 
> flat
> 6s with a wonderfully compatible array of transaxles, 4 speed, 5  speed, 
> and
> 6 speed stick, along with 4 and 5 speed automatics... <G>
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> In a message dated 4/30/2007 6:17:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> david.neale3 at ntlworld.com writes:
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>>  > And only because air cooled engines are few
>> > and far between  - only know of VW, Porsche, and a German diesel farm
>> > tractor  (starts with a "D" and I can't remember how to spell it), and
>> >  maybe a few minor ones too small for a Corvair body.
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> You may wish to  consider a nice air-cooled V8 from the Czech Republic -
> superlative  design, and the latest have twin turbochargers and are, I am
> pretty  certain, fuel-injected. And it's designed to fit in the back.
> Tatra  made their first air-cooled V8 motors in the 1930s. Here's a link
> to a  picture of a Tatra air-cooled V8 motor  ...
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> http://www.tatra4sale.com/photos/dark-blue/big/IMG_3774.JPG
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> I  bet no-one's done it yet!
>
> David Neale
> '65 Monza 140  convertible.
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