<VV> 5 speed tranny?
Bruce Schug
bwschug at charter.net
Sun Jan 11 20:07:11 EST 2009
On Jan 10, 2009, at 6:07 PM, Grant Young wrote:
> Here's a note a got from someone who is parting out a lot of
> Corvairs...anything to it, or is it like one of the rare 4 cylinders?
> Thanks,
> Grant
>
> <...and for a fact there is a five speed, got one in fact, they were
> not full production, but were built, mine, as the story goes, came
> out of a 63 Spider SS (Super Spider) and only five were built, this
> one was totalled and the only think that was even rebuildable was
> the tranny. But even if it is a retro fit, it would have to be a
> very good one, there are most definatly five speeds, (or 4 speeds
> and an over drive) and it bolted right on to my 180hp 1966 motor
> block .
One should remember that in the '60's a four speed was a big deal. No
one had a five-speed. I remember autocrossing in the '70's, maybe
around '73 or so, when the first five-speeds came out. As I recall,
there was a sporty version of some kind of s**t-box Toyota that had
the first five-speed, at least the first one in general production.
Maybe it was a Corolla SR5?
Now I'm sure that there are a couple of you guys who can tall us all
about when the first five-speeds were available, and perhaps prove me
wrong. But the point is, that I doubt that anyone gave the first
thought to having a five-speed in a Corvair while they were being
produced.
Bruce
Bruce W. Schug
Treasurer & Membership Chairman
CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Stock Corvair Group
Performance Corvair Group
bwschug at charter.net
CORSA member since 1980
'67 Monza. "67AC140"
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