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[Mark Durham]

Bill, I tried that tactic earlier this year. There was this fully restored
64 4 door auto sedan in Cody, WY I could have driven to. The guy had spent 5
years restoring it and needed to sell due to medical reasons. I wanted it
for my wife and I to drive around so I could restore the 62 I currently have
to close to showroom condition. But, we are on a beans and rice budget to
get the house paid off first, then comes a shop, then I can play.
Mark Durham
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Chris & Bill Strickland <
lechevrier at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> >I know, I know, I'm trying to rationalize to myself this is good enough,
> but is it?  ... I have read that the power output of the little corvair
> engine is really
> >limited by how much air can move thru it, and significant improvement to
> stock heads via porting and adding larger exhaust helps alot.
> >
>
> Ultimately, if you can get enough air and fuel running through it, it is
> limited by the melting point of aluminum and the strength of the crank.
>
> Each individual has to decide for themselves why they have a Corvair,
> and what is "good enough", and what it is worth to find out.  Go far
> enough and you wind up with a show/race car that is too nice to drive to
> the store and too fast to drive on the street (when you are 92) and
> you've spent twice (or more) what a new Vette like Frank's would've cost.
>
> If you have a nice car you like to drive, get a 2nd car as a project to
> build -- so that you don't mess up the first car by "fixing" it.
>
> Having fun in my 80hp 1960 automatic,
>
> Bill Strickland
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