Re: Retro tires
John, had Cole been drinking to many of Zora's Gin and Tonics?
John, had Cole been drinking to many of Zora's Gin and Tonics?
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Re: Fable?
Fisher Body fixed the corrosion problem for '74 production; the original full-body dip prime system (ELPO - Electrophoretic Deposition of Primer - how's that for a name ) was "anodic", and after three years they figured out they had the chemistry backwards and changed it to "cathodic", which fixed the problem, and is still in use today in all assembly plants.Comment
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Re: Only need to change one thing.....
I agree about the early Corvairs with a little exception. The 64s used a single transverse leaf spring between the lower control arms that tamed the oversteer down a bunch. Not as good as the 65 to 69s but much better than the pre 64s. Also tire pressure was critical in the early cars, you needed much less in front than in the rears on the old bias ply tires. If I remember right 20psi in fronts and 30psi in the rears worked pretty well. Maybe a 50lb sandbag up in the trunk too. Just more of my experience. GLComment
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Re: Fable?
My brother still has two Olds diesel station wagons in his multi-car storage building. Not running for one reason or another, remember one having injection pump problems. He put a lot of miles on them.Comment
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Re: Retro tires
Probably - his theory was that the aluminum block would reject plenty of heat to the air all by itself, and only minimal coolant was required; he also wouldn't let us put bearing inserts in the head for the cam journals until 13 weeks before the Pilot cars were built - his theory was that iron would run just fine on iron, if we machined "chevrons" into the journals to hold oil. He was a great engineer, but occasionally got WAY ahead of himself. Now let me tell you about his GM Rotary Engine....Comment
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Re: Fable?
I was in the meeting where the beanies nixed the inclusion of the $12.00 water separator in the fuel line for the Olds diesel; even though every diesel truck had one, the beanies didn't think the expenditure was justified for just a "car" engine. As a result, both Roosamaster and Stanadyne refused to accept any warranty responsibility for failed injection pumps; naturally, thousands of them failed due to corrosion, and GM paid the whole bill for all of them.Comment
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