"Ed Pawlowski" writes:

"RonB" wrote in message
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On May 30, 5:35 pm, Jim Yanik wrote:
"Ralph Mowery" wrote
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"Ed Pawlowski" wrote

You do see a few Corvairs,but none of the others. They were all crap.

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Corvairs are easy to find. Just follow the trail of oil :^}

That is not sour grapes either. I rebuilt a '65 back in the early
90's and it was a great little car and fun to drive. But getting
those two halves of the engine to stop dripping was frustrating. It
really didn't require a whole lot of oil to be added - it was always
wet underneath. Standard equipment for early Corvair owners was a
large piece of cardboard for the garage floor.

RonB

Funny, but oil leaking was one problem I did not have. I put a
clamping accessory on the valve covers that spread the force and it
was cured. OTOH, I've had motor mounts break, generator bracket broke
(twice), heat would not shut off unless you blocked the vents. Fun
car to drive though, it was a Monza with red bucket seats.

I had 4 of them. Not at the same time, one after another.
They were a lot of fun but the slightest oil leak brought oil vapors
into the passenger compartment. Even had a convertible with 4 single
barrel carbs. Which I replaced with a custom unit that mounted a 4
barrel carb over the center of the engine.

Still see a few on the road.

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Dan Espen