<VV> New slogan - "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ?

[Charles Lee]

The "428" reference was to the Mustangs 428 CI V8 of that era, which may not have made such a hit for The Beach Boys ?

My friend Paul had an LM V8 with the rear compartment made up like a "trunk and a "drive shaft" running up front to drive the front mounted pumps.

He actually had a Saginaw 4-speed bolted to a 350-350 Chevy V-8 in the back seat.

When they'd pull over to the side to the side of the road to "see what's inside," even when they looked "around back" they were even more confused - so he told them that the fans in the front "trunk" were the "motors" that ran the car, and the shafts went to the wheels !

They were astonished that those little electric motors could give it so much power !

It was completely stock and generic from outside so it was truly a "sleeper" !

Charlie


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jvhroberts at aol.com 
  To: Chaz at ProperProPer.com ; Sethracer at aol.com ; rbuckridge at comcast.net ; virtualvairs at corvair.org 
  Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 12:34 PM
  Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ?


  I called them Mustnags, so, clearly, I'm not THAT concerned! But boy, they sure do get REALLY cranky when you say their 5.0s are really 4.9s! Which, of course, they are. Probably why they get cranky without arguing with me! LOL 

  BTW, since when was a 409 a 428? GM wasn't off by THAT much, were they? 

  Well, there are still people who look into the trunk of a Corvair, and wonder what makes it go... LOL



  John Roberts




  -----Original Message-----
  From: Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProPer.com>
  To: Sethracer at aol.com; rbuckridge at comcast.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org; jvhroberts at aol.com
  Sent: Mon, Feb 15, 2010 12:59 pm
  Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ?


  So we need to be PC to Mustangs, so as not to hurt their little feelings, now ? 
   
  They probably think the Beach Boys should have sung "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ? 
   
  We have "Tough Little Buggy" but no one ever wrote "Tough Little Bird of Prey" did they ? No, they didn't. 
   
  I saw a nicely restored 1965 Falcon yesterday, and thought it looked nice, but only because it was old, no other reason. 
   
  A nice 1965 Corvair is just plain beautiful, and the engineering underneath is amazing. 
   
  The Falcon has no such claim to fame, and its stepchild Mustang still has little of the sophistication that went so under appreciated then as now. 
   
  I see see people "appreciate" and nice old Corvair, not for its engineering, but simply because it's "old" which is the only thing the Falcon has in common. 
   
  Alas ! People still don't understand what made the Corvair unique and few ever will ... 
   
  Charlie 
   
   
  ----- Original Message ----- From: <jvhroberts at aol.com> 
  To: <Chaz at ProperProPer.com>; <Sethracer at aol.com>; <rbuckridge at comcast.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
  Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 4:09 AM 
  Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - caution! 
   
  > 
  > Say 4 point 9 to the Mustnag guys, and they'll have a fit! LOL 
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  > 
  > John Roberts 
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  > 
  > -----Original Message----- 
  > From: Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProPer.com> 
  > To: Sethracer at aol.com; rbuckridge at comcast.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org 
  > Sent: Mon, Feb 15, 2010 4:35 am 
  > Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - caution! 
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  > Oh, right ! I was going to say "four-point-nine" to relate to "4-0-9" but > I 
  > like "2-point-9" (although isn't it closer to to 2.7 ? 
  > 
  > Charlie 
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  > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Sethracer at aol.com> 
  > To: <rbuckridge at comcast.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
  > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:26 PM 
  > Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - caution! 
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  >> 
  >> 
  >> In a message dated 2/14/2010 10:20:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
  >> rbuckridge at comcast.net writes: 
  >> 
  >> 
  >> "She's real fine, my two point nine" 
  >> 
  >> For all those with 2.9L Corvair motors. 
  >> 
  >> Roy - Bayshore 
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  >> 
  >> "It''s like heaven, my two point seven" ? 
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  >> 
  >> or, for the early short-stroke motors 
  >> 
  >> "It's revving whore, my two point four." 
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  >> 
  >> Excuse me - I guess you have to draw the line somewhere! 
  >> 
  >> 
  >> Seth Emerson 
  >> 
  >> C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro, Corvette 
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