Guys,
I can only tell you my experience with TWO 1964 Corvairs. They ran great and
they did corner like they were on rails. I once took an Olds F85 small V8 off
the line at a redlight. I was a 4 spd manual and he was an automatic. I did not
experience any over steer or traction problems.
Many people drive on tires that are over 10 years old and have never had an
incident. Some have also died doing the same thing.
Do you feel lucky?
One reason I put my loved ones in a Mercedes is to stack the odds in their
favor. I'm not going to undo that by trying to save $100 on tires.
With the car or with the wife?
My auntie got a Corvair back in the late 60s or early 70s, used. I
remember it was a light metallic blue sort of color, with a blue
interior. It had this chrome kleenex box holder mounted on a swinging
arm under the glove box, it was really cool. You could
Rich Thomas wrote:
Turns out he had a left a roach smoldering in the ash tray, and
it flared up and burned the car up. This is your Corvair. This was
your Corvair on drugs. Somehow or other his parents discovered the
initiating event, and he was forced to ride the bus until he made enough
I went to school with two brothers who had a whole stable of these that they
raced competitively.
Also had a retired teacher that lived next to me when I was growing up that had
a red one with almost no miles on it. People were always stopping to make her
offers on it, but she would not sell.
Heh. The rich kid graduation present at my high school was the Trans Am with
the eagle on the hood. Made me chuckle every time I saw one.
Dan who drove VWs all through high school and never left a burning roach in the
ashtray
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On Dec 2, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Mitch Haley
Dan Penoff wrote:
Heh. The rich kid graduation present at my high school was the Trans Am with the
eagle on the hood. Made me chuckle every time I saw one.
One of my classmates and her older sister got a pair of late model used
Firebirds, a blue one and a black one. Neither one had a
Trans Am with the eagle on the hood.
A.k.a. Hood Chicken, Hood Poultry, or Iranian National Bird?
Those are the nicknames I remember.
-- Jim
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One of my son's high school classmates got a Jagyoowah XK-R for his
16th, that lasted 2 weeks until he bought a tree with it. So daddy
bought him a Hummer (the huge original) so he would be safer. My son
was driving the 79 TD, and was arguably safer. (Benz content) No
comment on any of the
I don't remember much of it, not surprisingly.
While my Dad was an executive VP for a major Midwestern bank at the time and
could have easily cut a check for a new car for me, I was expected to go to
school, make good grades, and work for any luxuries I might desire.
Hence the string of VWs
But a small back seat is no deterrent at all for the determined and
innovative.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Corvair and Globule warming
What a mean father.
--R
On 12/2/11 12:11 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
I don't remember much of it, not surprisingly.
While my Dad was an executive VP for a major Midwestern bank at the time and could have
easily cut a check for a new car for me, I was expected to go to school, make good
grades,
I certainly thought that at the time, but now I appreciate it.
It's that good Midwestern work ethic.
Dan
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On Dec 2, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
What a mean father.
--R
On 12/2/11 12:11 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
I don't
On 02/12/2011 9:11 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Dan Penoff wrote:
Heh. The rich kid graduation present at my high school was the Trans
Am with the eagle on the hood. Made me chuckle every time I saw one.
One of my classmates and her older sister got a pair of late model
used Firebirds, a blue one
On 02/12/2011 9:19 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Trans Am with the eagle on the hood.
A.k.a. Hood Chicken, Hood Poultry, or Iranian National Bird?
Those are the nicknames I remember.
-- Jim
We called it a screaming chicken. Around here, they were popular with
the Pilipino immigrant fellows.
On 02/12/2011 9:05 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Heh. The rich kid graduation present at my high school was the Trans Am with the
eagle on the hood. Made me chuckle every time I saw one.
Dan who drove VWs all through high school and never left a burning roach in the
ashtray
Sent from my iPhone
I owned a '62 Corvair Monza convertible and a couple Greenbrier Vans, a '62
and a '64. None were anything special, but they were very fun to ride
around in. Sometimes, I wish I had hung onto the convertible, especially
when we're having a nice stretch of warm, sunny weather. I would rather
I had a '65 Corvair. There I said it.
Whilst working for Raytheon research in Waltham MA put 60 pounds of
concrete in the front well, early radials, set up by a GM mechanical
repair genius, Air Research double (stacked) turbo on a 140hp engine and
Mad Fred was loose on the road.
It went like
-Original Message-
From: Fred Moir fred.s...@verizon.net
Sent: Dec 1, 2011 11:40 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] Corvair and Globule warming?
I had a '65 Corvair. There I said it.
Whilst working for Raytheon research in Waltham MA put 60 pounds
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