<VV> 60-62 Burned Valves

[n5hsr]

Yep, the 62 700 coupe we owned was purchased on December 17, 1961, so it was 
definitely an 'early' 62.

Charles Fregeau
ex 62 700 coupe.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Smitty Smith" <vairologist at verizon.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 12:09
Subject: <VV> 60-62 Burned Valves


> Smitty Says;  Some of you may remember a few years ago, a GM engineer was 
> a guest speaker at a convention.  He addressed the burning valve problem. 
> He mentioned the fact that a quarter of a cent was a big deal in auto 
> production and they were up "against it" trying to find a way to improve 
> the valves.  Falcon had superior valves but they couldn't match them on 
> the money allowed.  He said finally one of their corporate spies came 
> through with the information that Ford was using the "punch outs" from the 
> full wheel hub caps in their valve mix.  He said, there we were filling 
> dumpsters with punch outs and paying somebody to take them away.  End of 
> problem.
>
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