<VV> Fwd: DULL Cars WAS LM turbos and no lower shrouds [no Corvair]

[Ken Pepke]

I well understand vehicles that challenge one's driving ability ... and there is nothing dull about driving them.  While I was actually referring to factory built 'mussel' cars, that 55 Chevy is the same sort of thing.  But it, and the Corvair are more alike than one might think!  The strong suite of the '55 is obviously linear acceleration; the strong suite of the Corvair is lateral acceleration!   Either one, in the hands of a skilled driver, will take one closer to the edge than almost anything available today and provide plenty of excitement getting there.  

Of course, the average cars of today can be fast enough to provide plenty of excitement to the less than skilled driver.  But their excitement comes in getting close to THEIR edge, not the car's edge.  They might as well be sitting in the stands watching the real action.  Those individuals are not likely going to be taking the checkered flag in any skill required events.

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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> From: Mark Durham <62vair at gmail.com>
> Date: October 25, 2011 8:52:11 PM EDT
> To: Ken Pepke <kenpepke at juno.com>, Vair Views <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: RE: <VV> DULL Cars WAS LM turbos and no lower shrouds [no Corvair]
> 
> Personally, I like driving the corvair over my cousins restored 55
> Belair with 425 HP. Its so fast its a bit more to handle than I want,
> the 62 Coupe 4 speed with its 110 + HP with 270 cam is a good balance
> of power to weight and is fun to drive. And, my 22 mpg sure beats his 7!
> Mark Durham
> Sent from my Windows Phone From: Ken Pepke
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:14 PM
> To: Vair Views
> Subject: <VV> DULL Cars WAS LM turbos and no lower shrouds [no Corvair]
> 
> DULL is for sure ... today's measure for 'sharp' cars is how many cup
> holders they have, how exciting! :-)  Some of the new cars are pretty
> fast ... even some of the Jap Crap.  At least they think so until they
> come up against an old mussel car with modern sticky tires.  No just
> stomping on the gas to go with the old timers; it takes some skill
> with the clutch to keep from going up in smoke!  The raw power of all
> that big block torque punching you back in the seat ... now THAT is a
> REAL blast!
> 
> Ken P
> Wyandotte, MI
> Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.
> 
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