RBnDFW wrote:
On 10/4/2010 2:34 PM, Snag wrote:
My first car
was a '62 Pontiac Tempest , used that infamous Corvair transaxle
that Ralphie got in such a tizzy over . You're right , it was unsafe
under certain conditions . But it left the coolest burnouts ...

Speedo-cable driveshaft?

It would do burnouts? Who knew?

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I can see November from my front porch

That driveshaft was a piece of steel bar stock about an inch or better in
diameter with a flanged stub shaft into the clutch hub . Enclosed in a tube
, with at least one mid support bearing . The shifter lever on that ol' 3
speed would often pop the ball outta the socket , leaving you in 2nd gear if
you shifted too hard . I carried a 7/16 wrench to pull the cover off to fix
it .
Those were the daze , 35 MPG and gas at two bits a gallon .
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Snag
Wannabe Machinist