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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by dons t, Jun 19, 2007.

  1. Boodlum
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    Road Atlanta for SCCA National Runoffs
    Yenko Stinger 096
    Putting a pass on a Porsche 911

    Yenko 096.jpeg Yenko at Road Atlanta.jpeg

    Yenko Stinger 095, originally a Grady Davis car
    Also raced by our team along with street version 097
    Currently in collection of Young Chevrolet

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  2. verde742
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    I swear : Buy ONE Corvair, park it in yer driveway, 6 more will appear within a year..

    Those suckers are plentiful.... and cheap......
     
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    Thx.


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  5. Mike VV
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    A LITTLE...negative camber ?

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  6. Corvairs will alway be cool.


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    put a small mg windshield on that drag vair, ,and a street tire set-up,,,and you have a daily driver,,,,yee-haw
     
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    ...never hurts!
     
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    Speaking of camber... whenever I would set up a rally or fun run for the Corvair club here in SWMO, I would always make sure to run the club down "Camber Street" here in Springfield. It was only a bock long and buried in a subdivision, and the neighborhood didn't always get the joy from it that we did.;)
     
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    Flying Texan at Green Valley Raceway

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    One of One LOL

    Not only did automotive giant General Motors launch a whole lineup of air-cooled, rear-engined, flat-six-powered cars, vans, and pickup trucks—two of its engineers tried to make an amphibious variant.

    The charmingly batty one-off that actually seems to have had a fighting chance at becoming a production model. Built by Chevrolet engineers Richard E. Hulten and Roger D. Holm, this seafaring Corvair was based on a brand-new Rampside pickup with a 65-horsepower engine and automatic transmission.

    They lengthened the Loadside's rear by two feet, making room for the hydraulic system hung off the rear of the engine that powered the twin propellers and electrically-operated rudders. They sealed off the undercarriage, installed engine and rudder controls in the truck bed, and got to floatin'.

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  22. Wow, never saw that one before.
     
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    Seaton's Super Shaker

    1 coolvair Seaton's Super shaker & SS.JPG
     
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    1962 Monza GT show car

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  27. raymay
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    Spotted this picture of a 65. Looks like a cool conversion but would like to have seen more details of the design.


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