<VV> Mecum Monterey - 63 Vair

[Marc Sheridan]

Bob Benzinger told us in Flagstaff that Porsche could not figure out how to
cool the center cylinders until Chevrolet did it with the Corvair.

Marc Sheridan

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:07 PM, <Wrsssatty at aol.com> wrote:

> <Here's *** link - the car is scheduled for  today....
>
>
> http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=CA0811-113100&entryRow=3
> 4&lottype=
> >
>
> The listing for the '63 Corvair at Mecum mentions:
>
> < its Porsche-inspired 2.4 liter flat 6 engine>
>
> Correct me if I'm mistaken, but weren't Porsches making do with a
> VW-inspired four in '63 and didn't have flat sixes until the 911 which was
> introduced in '65 so, technically, wasn't it the '65 and later Porsches
> that had  a
> Corvair-inspired flat six engine and not vice-versa?
>
> ~Bill Stanley
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>