409 Corvair

[clm69z28]

Where I grew up in the Orange County area of So Cal in the early to mid 70's, there were a fair number of these conversions running around. One of the families who's kids attended my high school owned Crown (sp?) Manufacturing, who built conversion kits for all sorts of makes of cars, and they would show up with all kinds of strange conversions. I seem to remember a Porsche 912 with a Corvair in the back that ran pretty well.

Another buddy had a Corvair with the Crown conversion and the engine was located in the back seat making for a nice mid-engine setup, but the back seat was gone and the engine cover wasn't the best noise/heat insulation (but made it sort of stealthy). And the transaxle was still the weakest link, so you had to roll on the throttle, but he sure surprised a lot of people with that car.

[MEL]

I went to my very first Cruise Night in Orangeville Ontario, most people had never seen a 409 in a Corvair sedan LOL [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] Car ran great about 200-210 degrees. Spectators, etc wonder where the V8 sound is coming from LOL I would like to get the tempurature down a little bit but it runs very STRONG !I have a 6 puck ceramic clutch disc in it and it chatters a bit but I guess I can live with it.

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MEL</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I went to my very first Cruise Night in Orangeville Ontario, most people had never seen a 409 in a Corvair sedan LOL [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] Car ran great about 200-210 degrees. Spectators, etc wonder where the V8 sound is coming from LOL I would like to get the tempurature down a little bit but it runs very STRONG !I have a 6 puck ceramic clutch disc in it and it chatters a bit but I guess I can live with it.
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You know, we all really, REALLY need to see the 409 car laying down a massive smoky 100-foot burnout. We can all chip-in for new rear tires and a clutch if necessary (a-la Eric's Chevelle transmission issue). That would be an epic picture.

[quik9r]

Mel use to own the fastest car (31 Ford)in the valley...Hockley valley(north of Toronto). We need to really encourage and pump up the tires, plus clear the area of about 1/2 mile for the all the shrapnel of diff and tranny parts.

Quik9r