<VV> "Wide" Whitewalls...

Tue Apr 29 00:45:27 EDT 2008

Neat video here on how to "widen" the whitewalls yourself....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkcm3rh60p0

another here....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omEAPGnTXws&feature=related

Regards,
Joel
-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Eric Prosise
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:35 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> "Wide" Whitewalls...

ALL whitewall tires are actually wider then what shows through the black -
most have a 2-4" wide white rubber stripe - narrow whitewalls can be
carefully shaved and the stripe can be widened - some older tire stores may
do this for you.....

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> Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: Looking for WIDE White Walls for 1960 185/80/13
(J R Read_HML)> 2. Re: Looking for WIDE White Walls for 1960 185/80/13 (J R
Read_HML)> 3. Looking for WIDE White Walls for 1960 185/80/13 (Steve
Oxford)> 4. Re: Vapor Lock? (kenpepke at juno.com)> 5. Corvair chemistry (Bryan
Blackwell)> 6. Looking for WIDE White Walls for 1960 185/80/13 (Ed Dowds)>
7. Re: Nader at SUNY Fredonia (Dennis Dorogi)> 8. Relay for heater blower
(Dennis Dorogi)> 9. Nader at SUNY Fredonia (Wrsssatty at aol.com)> 10. Re:
Nader at SUNY Fredonia (Marc Marcoulides)> 11. Gas as a cleaning agent (Mike
Jacobi)> 12. Wheel site with Corvair - finally! (Craig Nicol)> > >
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Message: 1> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:47:40 -0500> From: "J R Read_HML"
<hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>> Subjec
 t: Re: <VV> Looking for WIDE White Walls for 1960 185/80/13> To: "Joe
Weber" <joe.belcarra at shaw.ca>, <virtualvairs at corvair.org>> Message-ID:
<02d401c8a8f3$616d9530$6501a8c0 at OFFICEDELL>> Content-Type: text/plain;
format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";> reply-type=original> > Define "wide"
please.> Later, JR> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Weber"
<joe.belcarra at shaw.ca>> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>> Sent: Monday, April
28, 2008 12:46 AM> Subject: <VV> Looking for WIDE White Walls for 1960
185/80/13> > > > Who sells this tire size?> >
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------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008
01:02:41 -0500> From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>> Subject: Re:
<VV> Looking for WIDE White Walls for 1960 185/80/13> To: "Joe Weber"
<joe.belcarra at shaw.ca>, <virtualvairs at corvair.org>> Message-ID:
<02f001c8a8f5$7a7c00a0$6501a8c0 at OFFICEDELL>> Content-Type: text/plain;
format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";> reply-type=original> > Sorry,> > I
also meant to say - you could try Lucas Classic Tires (Royals) or Coker>
Tire (their own brand). You will probably end up with bias plys at either>
of those and sort of pricey (like 500 - 600 for 4). Are you going for a >
stock> look was my real question. 1960 is what, 2" wide????> > Later, JR>
CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member> '61 Rampside Standard 4/110> '65 Monza
Convertible 4/140> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Weber"
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------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008
08:25:32 +0000> From: "Steve Oxford" <seoxford at att.net>> Subject: <VV>
Looking for WIDE White Walls for 1960 185/80/13> To:
virtualvairs at corvair.org> Message-ID:>
<042820080825.2384.481589FC0000CDCE0000095022243322829B0A02D29B9B0EBF0B9D010
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 > >From Joe Weber - Who sells this tire size?> > =============> >
DiamondBack Tires at http://www.dbtires.com sells a 2-1/4 inch whitewall in
185/80x13 for $144.> > Coker at http://www.coker.com sells a 2-7/8 inch
whitewall in 185/80x13 for $153.> > Those are just about your only choices
today for a wide whitewall in that size tire.> > Steve Oxford> >
------------------------------> > Message: 4> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008
10:48:08 GMT> From: "kenpepke at juno.com" <kenpepke at juno.com>> Subject: Re:
<VV> Vapor Lock?> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org> Message-ID:
<20080428.064808.9386.2 at webmail06.dca.untd.com>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=windows-1252> > > After 27 miles of driving (every time), my van
begins to miss and shows> > all the symptoms of vapor lock. It seems as if
the gas supply has shut> > down. After waiting five minutes I can start it
up and it will go a> > short distance and the same condition occurs. Gas
tank has been cleaned,> > new sock installed. Electric fuel p  ump
installed. All ignition parts are> > new and engine has been rebuilt. Engine
tuned. Runs great for this> > short distance then begins to miss. This is an
early 1963 Corvan.> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++> > I
recently had a 66 convertible that suffered the same symptoms ... Already
had > replaced the plugs, wires, points & condenser. Finally came to realize
it needed> a new coil.> > Ken P> >
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:18:46 -0400> From: Bryan Blackwell
<bryan at skiblack.com>> Subject: <VV> Corvair chemistry> To: Virtual Vairs
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>> Message-ID:
<1B0AA348-4FC8-48E9-9AD5-0BC57D347A48 at skiblack.com>> Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; 
 format=flowed> > Greetings,> > So, over the weekend #1 son did a little
chemistry experiment - de- > rusting using electrolysis. Basically you make
up a mild solution of > baking soda in water, put a sacrificial piece of
iron in the water, > connect your battery charger minus to the piece being
de-rusted and > the plus to the sacrificial anode. Turn on the charger for a
while > and the rust comes off.> > The technique worked well and there are
lots of things we could use > this for on a Corvair (shrouds would be a
perfect candidate). I > recall that the one caveat was you shouldn't do this
to load bearing > parts (say, connecting rods), I think because of the
hydrogen > produced as a result of the electrolysis.> > Do I have this
right? Or am I mixing something up? Any other things > to consider? Thanks.>
> --Bryan> > Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com>
http://autoxer.skiblack.com/> Corvairs: '61 Lakewood, '64 Greenbrier, '65
Corsa, '66 Corsa> '69 Road Runner, '97 Ford F-150,
  '99 Neon R/T> "Why do something if you're not going to obsess about it?">
> > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 6> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008
09:18:59 -0400> From: Ed Dowds <ed_dowds at hotmail.com>> Subject: <VV> Looking
for WIDE White Walls for 1960 185/80/13> To: virtual vairs
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>> Message-ID:
<BAY123-W17EFAE8317C606F055D08FFADE0 at phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"> > <From: Joe WeberWho sells this tire size?>>
Diamondback tires, www.dbtires.com had them in radials for $138, in their
2007 catalog. > I don't see them in their 2008 catalog but if you are
interested call them at 888-922-1642.> Ed> >
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> ------------------------------> > Message: 7> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008
09:49:01 -0400> From: "Dennis
  Dorogi" <dfamily at fairpoint.net>> Subject: Re: <VV> Nader at SUNY Fredonia>
To: "Marc Marcoulides" <hharpo at earthlink.net>,> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>>
Message-ID: <001501c8a936$9e301ae0$0201a8c0 at ruthaewjqhvksx>> Content-Type:
text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";> reply-type=original> > Of
course, that is what I meant to say! I knew that, but I am not sure that >
Nader did. There were hundreds of people in line waiting to have books >
signed so we didn't have an extended conversation.!!! He looked good on >
stage, but up close he looked like a very tired old man (about my age). I >
don't know how he can do it. Dennis Dorogi> ----- Original Message ----- >
From: "Marc Marcoulides" <hharpo at earthlink.net>> To: "Dennis Dorogi"
<dfamily at fairpoint.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>> Sent: Sunday, April 27,
2008 11:17 PM> Subject: Re: <VV> Nader at SUNY Fredonia> > > >> >> > you
wrote: He said that at least I have (had) the improved late models.> > I'm
sure he meant to say you
  had a 64 or up as that is the tear the rear > > suspention mod reduced the
possibility of tuck under> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------> >
Message: 8> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:24:57 -0400> From: "Dennis Dorogi"
<dfamily at fairpoint.net>> Subject: <VV> Relay for heater blower> To:
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>> Message-ID:
<004e01c8a93b$a2e8f5c0$0201a8c0 at ruthaewjqhvksx>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"> > I finally got my heater blower to work with the
relay for high speed. Remember, the blower would not shut off with the
ignition switch on high speed but would on low and immediate speeds. > I had
the wrong relay. I believe I had a SPST relay and should have had a SPDT
relay. One has 4 terminals, the other five. I finally located a NAPA AR 102
relay that Larry Claypool recommended in the Tech Guide. I believe it has
been discontinued but my local NAPA store had one on the shelf. It only has
four terminals too, but it has a metal case that serves as a 
 ground so you don't need the 5th terminal as you do on the plastic relays.
The blower works fine and does shut off with the ignition switch at all
speeds. I want to thank especially Bob Helt for his patience and help, and
also Bill Strickland, Smitty Smith, Jim Bannister, Bill Loftin, Lonny Clark,
and others for their advice. I can send a photo of this installation to any
one interested. Dennis Dorogi> > > ------------------------------> >
Message: 9> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:28:03 EDT> From: Wrsssatty at aol.com>
Subject: <VV> Nader at SUNY Fredonia> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Message-ID: <c76.272d9c68.354738f3 at aol.com>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="US-ASCII"> > <My wife and I enjoyed the evening and had an ice
cream cone at MacDonalds > as a treat. He had asked if there was any one in
the audience that had never > been in a MacDonalds - the only one that
raised his arm was - Ralph Nader.>> > So, why didn't you invite Mr. Nader to
go to McDonald's with you? You could
  > have driven him there in your Corvair!> > ~Bill Stanley> > > >
**************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car
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------------------------------> > Message: 10> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008
07:59:17 -0700 (GMT-07:00)> From: Marc Marcoulides <hharpo at earthlink.net>>
Subject: Re: <VV> Nader at SUNY Fredonia> To: Dennis Dorogi
<dfamily at fairpoint.net>, virtualvairs at corvair.org> Message-ID:>
<19807467.1209394757652.JavaMail.root at elwamui-karabash.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8> > Ralph is 74, I tell my
friends he got me 2 times as not only am I an owner of a Corvair but an
Insurance Agent in California where one of his students, Harvey Rosenfeld,
pushed for laws promising lower insurance rates and caused some companys to
discontinue writing insurance in California. No lower rates were ever
received by the public. > > -----Original Message----  -> >From: Dennis
Dorogi <dfamily at fairpoint.net>> >Sent: Apr 28, 2008 6:49 AM> >To: Marc
Marcoulides <hharpo at earthlink.net>, virtualvairs at corvair.org> >Subject: Re:
<VV> Nader at SUNY Fredonia> >> >Of course, that is what I meant to say! I
knew that, but I am not sure that > >Nader did. There were hundreds of
people in line waiting to have books > >signed so we didn't have an extended
conversation.!!! He looked good on > >stage, but up close he looked like a
very tired old man (about my age). I > >don't know how he can do it. Dennis
Dorogi> >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Marc Marcoulides"
<hharpo at earthlink.net>> >To: "Dennis Dorogi" <dfamily at fairpoint.net>;
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>> >Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 11:17 PM>
>Subject: Re: <VV> Nader at SUNY Fredonia> >> >> >>> >>> >> you wrote: He
said that at least I have (had) the improved late models.> >> I'm sure he
meant to say you had a 64 or up as that is the tear the rear > >> suspention
mod reduced the possib  ility of tuck under> >>> >>> >> > >> >
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------------------------------> > Message: 11> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008
11:23:53 -0400> From: Mike Jacobi <mvjacobi at comcast.net>> Subject: <VV> Gas
as a cleaning agent> To: virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>>
Message-ID: <C43B6449.743E%mvjacobi at comcast.net>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="US-ASCII"> > > -- "I remember the night a friend cleaned the garage
floor of the gas> station> with "White Gas" to get rid of the oil and
grease."> > > I also remembe  r a friend cleaning the floor of his father's
garage with> gasoline.....the explosion blew him through the closed overhead
door and> removed every hair from his head. It absolutely leveled the garage
and took> out the windows from a couple of nearby houses.> > After the fire
was extinguished, they pulled out the burned carcass of a> Lakewood. This
was his dad's car just a couple of years old.> > After my friend's hair grew
back and the broken arm healed, he was> OK....still has a couple of
vairs...and is a really faithful church member.> > Mike in Michigan> > > > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 12> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008
08:27:08 -0700> From: "Craig Nicol" <nicolcs at aol.com>> Subject: <VV> Wheel
site with Corvair - finally!> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>> Message-ID:
<001001c8a944$5340b900$6401a8c0 at HPOFFICE>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="windows-1250"> > >From a posting at the Corvair Centre> >
HYPERLINK> "http://www.autowaretech9.net/nextwheels/newstal.
 htm"http://www.autowaretech> 9.net/nextwheels/newstal.htm> > > > A wheel /
height / color selector for the Corvair! (LM coupe and ?vert)> > Craig
Nicol> > > No virus found in this outgoing message.> Checked by AVG. >
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