<VV> [fastvair] V-12 Jaguar powered

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/6/2010 4:57:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
airvair at earthlink.net writes:

That's  really a Jaguar with a Corvair shell set on top of it. It's NOT a
Corvair  anymore. It's a Jag.

-Mark



Well, Mark everybody is entitled to an opinion. I know Jay, I have  seen 
the car, close up, many times. Jay went to a lot of trouble to maintain the  
absolute stock appearance of the car. Yes, he replaced the engine with a Jag 
and  yes, it is in the front. But follow these threads. He liked the stock 
appearance  of the car, so, although changing to 14" wheels, he made small 
rings that snap  into the 14 inch wheels to retain the use of the original 13" 
Corvair hubcaps.  He liked the sound of the Corvair engine, so the Jag was 
fairly silenced and the  radiator, now mounted in the back, was located so 
that the Corvair cooling fan,  the late Mag fan is shrouded to pull the air 
through the radiator, and spins at  about engine speed - driven off the 
transaxle - Yes, a transaxle in the rear,  similar to the Tempest set-up. Hardly 
any foot-well intrusion. Jay is/was a GM  man, having made his money as the 
West Coast distributor/converter for the  Scissor-lift equipped Step Vans 
that PG&E and Pac Bell used from the 50's  on. He had a lot of connections at 
GM. They helped him install a pair of GM fuel  injection systems from Buick 
V6s onto the Jag motor. He is also a vintage car  guy, having re-built and 
"raced" a Marmon in Vintage tours in Northern  California. He headed up the 
regional SAE for several years. Quite a guy. And  the car is nothing like the 
 "Canadian Conversions'  where the body is  dropped onto a Chevelle 
chassis. The suspension is all Corvair. 
 
Seth  Emerson

C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette