[DeTomaso] Small PC, Ralph Nader's Nightmare

[Asa Jay Laughton]

This one is flown by Charlie Friends at SSCC and other Open Road  
Races, on a regular basis:

http://teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=4385

Asa Jay

Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:

> In a message dated 3/21/11 11:08:54 AM, lotus0005 at hotmail.com writes:
>
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Corvair-65-Chevrolet-Corvair-V-8-Pantera-Z-F-5-speed-Transaxle-/160562282552
>>
> A '65 Corvair was our first new car in Chicago. I eventually put over
> 275,000 miles on it while changing every single part in the car-   
> some multiple
> times. Sold in 1999 with dual 3bbl Webers, 4-wheel disc brakes, oversized mag
> wheels and 3 full pages of other mods. V-8 conversions were popular both
> rear-engine and mid-engine configurations, but the best Corvair tranny would
> barely hold 200 bhp and had posi only on one halfshaft so the ZF is valuable.
> A water-cooled engine also gives one a real heater- one of the few real
> flaws of the original. I autocrossed it, commuted, toured and   
> vacationed in it
> with a growing family. FWIW, one of these mid-engine conversions crashed
> during an ORR a few years back- at over 175 mph. Driver (also from   
> Chicago) was
> hurt but lived to rebuild the pieces. Cheers- J DeRyke
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