<VV> Corvair powered Outboard!

[Bill Meglen]

 The January 2012  issue of Hot Rod Deluxe pictured a Corvair powered
outboard, no shrouding, on the transom of a flat bottomed hull., in a recap
of a column in the Nov '64 HRM, pg. 100. ""Rooster Tales².  The caption is,
"Would You Believe a Corvair Outboard? Bob Laughton adapted Chevy's Flat-six
to his boat, and it really worked!"

> [I ]Rickman, Eric. August 20: Would You Believe a Corvair Outboard. 1964. "A
> Year in The Life of Erik Rickman: 1964." By Dave Wallace, Greg Sharp, and Bob
> D'Olivo. Hot Rod Deluxe Jan. 2012: n. pag.        Print. August 20: Nov '64
> HRM, pg. 100""Rooster Tales².

I have not acquired a copy of the magazine yet so I'm unsure what other
detail is available. My superficial research found nothing more on this
Corvair powered outboard. Does anyone know more about this Corvair powered
outboard?

    Since I have identified a Wayne Hornung dba Inland Marine  ³Wayne 100².
a Corvair powered hull that I hope to acquire, I have developed an interest
in marine uses of the Corvair engine, Hornung also created the Wayne 12 port
head that makes Jimmy and Chevy inline sixes run like ³stink².  I know that
Corvair engine had been utilized in some racing hulls (inboard) as well.
Cooling was an issue and there seem to be some novel solutions to it by a
racer and Hornung. 


Bill
Gardnerville, NV