<VV> GM building a modern "Corvair" -(ain't gonna happen) &Ca.Ebay Kelmark

[Mel Francis]

Ahhh, but the '70s V8 Monza has enjoyed a great, long-lasting reputation 
among our water-pumping Vega-Monza bretheren and
hot-rodders in general..

I've owned mine since it was new. Jacking the engine up two inches, to get 
at the #1 plug behind the power steering isn't a big deal.
Chevy engineers made the front mounts really easy to undo, same size bolt as 
the plug wrench. Unless you're putting on a lot of miles, they don't
need changing that often, anyway.

Added bigger brakes and 15" wheels and the car has always been a strong 
runner on the freeway. I used to call it my
'narrow Camaro' and road-raced on Mulholland Drive with it in the old days, 
just a year after my last run on that road
in my '65 Monza.

So these days, we're a two-Monza family, with a '65 and a '77!

Mel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "n5hsr" <n5hsr at sprynet.com>
To: <taruffi57 at aol.com>
Cc: "virtualvairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> GM building a modern "Corvair" -(ain't gonna happen) 
&Ca.Ebay Kelmark


> Don't forget the After-Corvair Monza with the engine you needed to loosen
> the mounts to change the spark plugs.
>
> They did reuse the name Monza.  I wish they hadn't.
>
> Charles Fregeau
>
> >