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H2RTuner
 Post subject: Re: 65 Corvair
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:30 pm 

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Then, there was the Cor-Van, and the Greenbriar pickup truck versions.
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RODH2
 Post subject: Re: 65 Corvair
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:32 pm 
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ThreePipesSmokin wrote:
RODH2 wrote:
Nice to have an intelligent discussion on one of America's most innovative cars without mentioning ralph nader !!

Then WHY DID YOU?!?!? :x :lol:

sorry, three pipes!!! :lol:

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ThreePipesSmokin
 Post subject: Re: 65 Corvair
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:56 pm 
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H2RTuner wrote:
Then, there was the Cor-Van, and the Greenbriar pickup truck versions.

I helped a friend restore a 64 rampside pickup. :thumbup: He also had a van with the doors on the left side, a rare (but factory) option. 8-) Greenbriar was the model designation for the passenger version of the van.

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Bill B
 Post subject: Re: 65 Corvair
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:11 pm 
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Did Ralph Nader kill the Corvair? Friend's parents had one in high school, it was surprisingly fast, we loved cruising in it. It was GMs answer to VW but it had more in common with Porsche.
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BarryB
 Post subject: Re: 65 Corvair
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:29 pm 
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I LOVE RALPH NADER (for target practice) :e16 :e16 :e16 :e15

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 Post subject: Re: 65 Corvair
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:32 pm 

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+1 :lol:

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Ric
 Post subject: Re: 65 Corvair
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:08 pm 
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Didn't RALPH NADER go after the covair as a roll over suspect ?
Was it Nader who went after the Ford Pinto as a fire/explosion gas tank issue ?

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H2RTuner
 Post subject: Re: 65 Corvair
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:12 pm 

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Ah, yes, the "Rampside". Mel Dinesen, a San Diego road racing sponsor and tuner used to transport is TZ750 racers to and from AMA events all across the country in his Rampside, never had a problem. If I remember correctly, Jim Evans rode his bikes for a couple of years, good team.
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Jackman
 Post subject: Re: 65 Corvair
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:13 pm 

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Wow never knew there was a pic-up :shock: , neat :!:





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Ric
 Post subject: Re: 65 Corvair
PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:13 pm 
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H2RTuner wrote:
Last I remembered, Hurley Wilvert had a couple of them, and was in a Corvair Club. His are/were all stock, flat 6 air cooled, and not the butchered up 4.3 V6 n the back.

The original engines had a couple of problems, as I remember, rods were made of silly putty, and didn't interchange with anything else. No H beam rods back then. Air fan bearings were not as good as they should have been, they seized and stopped the fan, melting the engine right down. I'd sure like to see a liquid cooled, supercharged, EFI engine for that, flat 6, 5 speed, what a fun deal that would be. Turbo engines needed EFI, single carb was always a pain, but a full on gas to drive when you got the carb right.

That is a really nice looking 'Vair!




Ahhhh...this more like it............ 8-)
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