At 05:28 PM 4/22/2006 -0400, Smoky & Connie Panepinto wrote:
>So, as a 15-year old, I bought a '58 VW convertible, took it apart, bought
>a Corvair engine with dual carbs, got the frame and engine ready, and then
>sat down with my VERY practical engineer/architect father....
Smoky,
You were a couple of years younger than I was when I started mine. I was
about 18 when I started with the TR3s.
I'd thought about the "Avenger GT-12" model but didn't think the VWs had
much guts. However, I must admitt that with the Corvair eng. that would
have been quite a sleeper!!!
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
Va. Beach, Va (eBay id: zebra48-1)
Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1106)
75 Bricklin SV1 (#0887) 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
65 Rambler Classic
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