<VV> Corvair engine code 1965 RV = PG --> NOT an original Corsa

[shortle]

"been defiled by an unscrupulous mechanic"

Charlie, that is a stupid thing to say. You don't know the history of how that engine came about to be replaced. Here is a couple of scenarios I can imagine and I am sure there are more.
1. "Mr. and Mrs.Customer/owner, you need an engine replaced and I found a cheap one from a junkyard". Owner says "Do it".
2. "My car is blown up and I found a good used engine in a wrecked car my neighbor gave me".
3. "My x husband is a mechanic and he bought a Corvair engine at the Fan Belt Toss. I was told it was not a SHPE. (???)

Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301 


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>From: Charlie via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Sep 25, 2014 11:49 PM
>To: "'J. R. Read'" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>, 'BBRT' <chsadek at comcast.net>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Corvair engine code 1965 RV = PG --> NOT an original Corsa
>
>Yes, that is my theory too, but I do not want to be the bearer of bad news
>without being sure that his "original" Corsa has in fact been defiled by an
>unscrupulous mechanic or whomever.
>
>Step 1 is to confirm that an engine block stamped with "RV" is definitively
>a "PG" block, which would confirm your (and my) theory.
>
>Charlie
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: J. R. Read [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net] 
>Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 8:01 PM
>To: Charlie; 'BBRT'; virtualvairs at corvair.org
>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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