<VV> Corvair engine codes (1965 RV = PG/AIR?)

[BBRT]

Charlie,

On this RV block, is it a (65) Greenbrier block or a car block?

Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. R. Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Charlie" <chaz at properproper.com>; "'BBRT'" <chsadek at comcast.net>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair engine codes (1965 RV = PG/AIR?)


> It was an available engine when the original gave up?  A youngster was 
> going to drive it and the parents didn't want a "hot" engine in it?  Some 
> other reason?
>
> You've got to remember that these cars have been around for ~50 years and 
> many will certainly have an unknown history.
>
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charlie via VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> To: "'BBRT'" <chsadek at comcast.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 9:37 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair engine codes (1965 RV = PG/AIR?)
>
>
>> Correct ~
>>
>> Hence my question about what an "RV" block (also a 1965 code) is doing in 
>> a
>> Corsa?
>>
>> I've also heard that the 140 was dropped for 1967, but brought back by
>> "popular demand"?
>>
>> Charlie
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