- 1. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: PbPied@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 08:09:42 EDT
- My brother had a V-8 Starfire (n/a) and the family had a Corvair (also n/a), but one of my high school friends had the Jetfire. I may have been new to driving, and therefore impressionable, but... Th
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00003.html (7,931 bytes)
- 2. Blast from the past (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Bultemeier <hottvr@tfs.net>
- Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 07:34:45 -0500
- The Austin Healey buried in the Kelly family garage seems to be a 100M. This car was a "souped up" version of the standard 100/4. Cars started production in late 1955 and ended in late 1956. The name
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00004.html (7,544 bytes)
- 3. Re: Blast from the past (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
- Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 08:21:55 -0700
- This one in our garage is not the aluminum fendered one, just the louvered hood, etc. I did know a guy who had one of the aluminum version who chopped the fenders so he could fit wide tires on it...
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00016.html (8,248 bytes)
- 4. RE: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 09:58:03 -0700
- I don't know. I haven't seen the windshield in years. :) You must examine the evidence. Phil, did I send you a copy of the photo and article? Let me know! I can't keep track of it all! Katie
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00025.html (7,999 bytes)
- 5. RE: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: Lloyd Loring <lloydl@skyenet.net>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 13:47:24 -0500
- Since I was a proud owner of an Austin-Healey LeMans and still have many of my memory brain cells working indifferently, I can assure you that if it is truly a LeMans, it was the original 100/4 4-cyl
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00038.html (8,224 bytes)
- 6. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Bultemeier <hottvr@tfs.net>
- Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 15:01:59 -0500
- I don't know if its accurate but the book I have says that it finished in 3rd Mike B. TLS#1
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00045.html (7,230 bytes)
- 7. Re: Blast from the past (score: 1)
- Author: "Jan Schmidt" <jschmidt@kumc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 18:41:51 -0500
- If you are so intrigued by these cars, I have a friend that has 4 of these old geezers and I believe they are for sale. They are definitely fixer-uppers. I think he has titles for them, but not posi
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00078.html (7,985 bytes)
- 8. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:42:20 -0500
- Your mom tells me it folds. I didn't ask for the article, but go ahead and send it. Be sure it is clearly labeled, as I usually trash attachments. Virus-shy, don't you know. Phil Ethier Saint Paul M
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00114.html (7,498 bytes)
- 9. Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 17:45:04 -0700
- Some of you might have had the pleasure of hearing my father, John F. Kelly, Jr., wax nostalgic about those days of yore, when autocrosses were called gymkhanas, folks raced in dirt, and drivers didn
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01842.html (8,828 bytes)
- 10. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: Hottvr@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:24:36 EDT
- Send it to me, I want to see that!!!!!! I saw my first Gymkana at age 6. Yeah thats right, 1962. My Dad had a 1952 MG TD then. There were no SportsCars that were not "British" at that time. The next
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01845.html (7,859 bytes)
- 11. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 00:25:28 -0500
- It was turbo-supercharged. I believe the Corvair Monza Spyder was the first mass-produced car to use a turbo. Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA Lotus Europa, VW Quantum Syncro, Chev Suburban LOON,
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01853.html (7,960 bytes)
- 12. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Bultemeier <hottvr@tfs.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:01:52 -0500
- Thought it was supercharged? could be wrong though. That was a long time ago. Mike B.
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01855.html (8,170 bytes)
- 13. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: bruce haden <bhaden@ucsd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:29:33 -0700
- NOPE. Buick had a turbo F-85 (?) in the late 50s. It even had factory water injection.
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01860.html (8,042 bytes)
- 14. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:39:14 -0700
- His next car was a Shelby GT350...no turbo, better reliability, much faster. --Pat Kelly
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01861.html (8,518 bytes)
- 15. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: bruce haden <bhaden@ucsd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:34:18 -0700
- Nope. Turbo. My second car was a 67 Corvair Monza and was the car I ran my first ever autox in. The early turbos were 150hp. The later ones were 180.
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01862.html (7,925 bytes)
- 16. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Lloyd" <jslz3@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:01:39 GMT
- Phil is right it was turbocharged, As a matter of fact the "TURBO" style of low restriction muffler was designed for this application.... Jeff
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01863.html (9,349 bytes)
- 17. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: Alan Dahl <adahl@eskimo.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:11:11 -0700
- Nope again :-). Buick never had a turbo back then. The other GM Turbo was the Oldsmobile Starfire (same chassis as the F-85 however) with a turbocharged Buick V-6. The Starfire came out in '62, same
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01865.html (8,827 bytes)
- 18. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: "BPS Administrator" <mhood@busprod.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:16:06 -0500
- first I thought the F-85 was an Oldsmobile? Mike Hood DSP Vw GTi 8v
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01866.html (8,754 bytes)
- 19. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: Don Miller <turbospl311@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:23:34 -0700 (PDT)
- F-85 was Oldsmobile. in 62-63 they ran the buick 215 aluminum v-8 turboed. It has since become the Rover v-8. Was going to put one in the roadster but did the v-6 nissan turbo instead. Don Miller TLS
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01869.html (9,391 bytes)
- 20. Re: Blast from the Past (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron and Angie" <nottingham@alltel.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:59:08 -0400
- first Bzzzzzttt! Wrong! Olds came out with the F-85 Jetfire a year after the Corvair Turbo. It used the Buick alloy 215ci block, but had different heads than the Buick, which raised the compression
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01878.html (9,511 bytes)
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