[AT] OT - Generatorbelt exchange in 5 seconds

David Bruce davidbruce at yadtel.net
Sat Dec 15 17:01:42 PST 2012


A '79 Colt was my first car after college.  Interesting little thing - 4 
speed with a split final drive.  Following that I had an '83 with the 
same drive train.

When college a friend had a Chevy Vega with a 400 small block.  90 mph 
in second gear.

David
NW NC

On 12/15/2012 8:10 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> That would be a good project now IF you could find a decent, intact VW AND a
> decent Corvair engine.  For me the Karmen Ghia option would never work.
> A fellow in my home town had one of those things when I was a kid and I
> couldn't figure out how to get in it then.   If I couldn't get in it at 6'1
> 190 lbs., I'm
> pretty sure an attempt to do so with a 6'1 290 frame wouldn't work any
> better.  grins.  However, there is a guy in my neighborhood that has a
> restored
> Ghia.  I don't know him but if I ever get a chance to talk to him I'm going
> to ask him if a Corvair swap ever crossed his mind.
>
> Now that I think about it,  I have a 79 Dodge Colt in my bone yard.  The
> body is solid and I know where there is a 2005  GM 3800 FWD V6 out of a
> Chevy.  Hmmmm.  LOL.
>
> Charlie



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