<VV> '63 911 - '63 Vair

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

Maybe GM or Porsche--either one or both--forgot that Hans Ludwinka had  
designed--if not a six--an air-cooled V8 for Tatra.  Certainly as many  Tatras 
were still to be found in the remains of the German-Austrian Empire at  the 
end of WWII as they were designed in what is now Slovakia.
 
Scotty from Hollyweird
 
P.S. Ludwinka's pupil and successor at Tatra was Julius Mackerle, who wrote 
 the book on air-cooled automotive engines.  
 
 
,
 
 
In a message dated 8/19/2011 12:25:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
chsadek at comcast.net writes:

Well,  maybe Porsche had a problem with their center cylinders on their  
development 6 cylinder engines, but the 911 came out in '63. First US  
models 
were delivered in '65, the last year of their 356. They sure didn't  adopt 
the right-angle Corvair belt driven cooling fan...  :>)

Chuck S


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc  Sheridan" <sheridanma1966 at gmail.com>


> 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
>

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