<VV> Doug Roe's Corvairs

[James P. Rice]

Joe:  I believe the car on pg 21 of HTHRCE is probably the car Roe brought
from Michigan.  The car on pg 53 is the Thomas car as raced by them, while
the car on pg 99 is the ex-Thomas car as modified by Roe.  Some of the
features like the jacking suspension set up described on pg 21 were later
incorporated by Roe on the ex-Thomas car.  The clue to which is which are
the holes in the rear fenders which had air scoops on the Thomas car.  They
fed the carbs.

I have no idea what happened to the pg 21 car.  Probably met the same fate
of many old race cars.

Historically Yours,
			James

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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:03:13 -0500 (EST)
From: jwcorvair at aol.com
Subject: Re: <VV> Doug Roe
To: ricebugg at mtco.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org

Hi James,

Maybe you know. On page 21 of Fisher's "How to Hotrod Corvair Engines" is a
brief article about Doug Roe. The article has a picture of a 60 two-door
that does not appear to be the same car as the Bill Thomas 60 two-door. The
most obvious difference is that Roe's car does not have the hole in the
front end for the oil cooler. There are other differences in the two cars,
but the lack of hole in the front of the car is the most notable. Do you
have any idea what car this is and where it might be now? I've always been
curious about this car and what might have happened to it. If it's still
around, it would contribute to the competition history of our favorite car.

Regards,

Joe White (62 sedan, 66 Porvair)
CORSA, RMC