<VV> How my car ended up this way

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Tony Hansen

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Ron <ronh at owt.com> wrote:
> I have to agree that most cars that are disassembled at home NEVER get put
> back together again.  The parts lie around for a few years, rust and get
> lost, and finally are junked when the owner moves somewhere else or has a
> change in interest.  Locally there's a Corvair that the owner has many
> thousands of dollars into and now he's lost interest and it's occupying half
> of his garage where it's been for years.  It happens, too often.
>
> RonH
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mark bobolz" <1877colt at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:03 AM
> Subject: <VV> How my car ended up this way
>
>
>> In a post I made earlier I mentioned my car is now in pieces all over the
>> garage floor. I thought I'd clarify how it ended up this way!
>>   My first one was a 67' 4 door, loved the looks of that four door, but it
>> had a broken front cross-member...So bought a 65' rag top and drove it
>> until a piston broke. That's when I found out people usually wont touch
>> corvairs...Managed to find a person that used a piston out of the 67' and
>> got it running...lasted for a couple of years then broke another piston in
>> the engine... so decided to "fix it right" ordered all new parts for the
>> motor...pistons, rings, rods, cam, crank, etc...etc...spent a lot of money
>> on that. Put it together and it never ran, no idea why, read a shop manual
>> (Chilton's), and "thought I did it right", guess not. So junked the 4-door
>> and the vert. (except the engine) bought a 66' turbo with low miles and
>> single owner. Flywheel was bad...Since I had to fix the flywheel I got a
>> bit carried away, took out the power train, took the motor apart with all
>> the new stuff, thought I'd "rebuild the turbo motor" with all the new
>> parts that were in the one that
>> never ran.
>>   So now I have a freshly painted car and a bunch of engine parts all over
>> the place and not sure what to do because last time I put one together it
>> would not run.
>>     Sorry for the long post...Thanks to everyone for the link I needed!!
>> Joined Corsa this morning...so that's one more member up and not down :)
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