<VV> no corvair, just weird

[Tony Underwood]

At 01:51 PM 1/25/2007, Sethracer at aol.com wrote:
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>In a message dated 1/25/2007 7:07:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>tonyu at roava.net writes:
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>How  could you NOT love something with those lines, and fins like
>that?   And the gold anodized trim down the sides...?    Wonderful  car...
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>tony..
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>No to mention that they can take a tremendous beating, broken glass  and
>dented fenders and magically heal themselves overnight. Just don't 
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>inside one and don't piss them off!  B-B-B-B-Bad -  Seth



Now, that one was a '58.   The car discussed here is a '57.   Similar 
body but different trim, AND different...  '58 was the first year for 
the B-engine in the Mopar camp.   For those not familiar with 
Mopar-speak, the '58 B-engine was the father of all the best of the 
bunch of bigblock Mopar powerplants, ranging in displacements from 
350ci up to 440ci.   The 426 Hemi is a B-engine, actually an RB... 
with .4" taller deck height, as in "Raised-B".   This helped keep an 
excellent rod-stroke ratio for the big displacement engines like the 
413, 426, 440 with the 3.75" stroke.

Odd... that the Mopar 440 Magnum bigblock engine has a better 
rod-stroke ratio than the 164" 'Vair engine.   They can be stroked 
almost an inch in stock form and still have a decent rod-stroke 
ratio... which is how there came to be 550 ci Mopar bigblock 
torquemonsters running the streets.

By the way, that Red '58 Plymouth was fitted with the optional 2x4bbl 
Golden Commando 350ci B engine (1958-only) which made ~320 hp, which 
in '58 was top shelf power.

And, the cars had fins...  real fins.    Real to the point that when 
someone got around to doing wind tunnel tests on the cars it was 
found that at highway speeds (and beyond) the fins actually added to 
the stability of the car.

Just don't let your smokes flick any ashes on the seat.



tony..