<VV> When is a Corvair Wagon not Stock?

[Tony Underwood]

At 09:42 AM 11/28/2009, Mike Jacobi wrote:
>Hi Pete
>
>I think you've got it right.  Labels count for little...the important thing
>is to have fun with your car, made the way you like it.  Otherwise we might
>as well all drive Chevettes


Let's not be too down on the little Shovette".


In the mid-late '70s, according to an insider interviewed by Hot Rod 
magazine, the R&D guys modified a Chevette with a Buick V6 (sans 
turbo, however) and added some hi-perf additions to the engine and 
some driveline durability mods, played with it on their proving 
grounds track and found it to be a "fun little car".    In fact, 
performance-wise it was "more funner" than the Corvette which it 
would out-accelerate.    There had actually been some scuttlebutt 
(according to Hot Rod magazine's editorials) about producing the 
"Chevette-SS" but the suits slammed the door shut on the idea, what 
with the prestige of their flagship Corvette being threatened by a 
Chevette of all things...

Ever since, I've wondered about what would be involved with doing up 
a Chevette like that...

A nicely outfitted 2-door with some wheels, tires, a bit of 
suspension, and a strong aluminum V6 might not be an unhappy 
experience.    Can you say "GM's variant of the Omni GLH"?


Subaru and their WRX had nothing on Chrysler's GLH...




tony..