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<blockquote data-quote="naskeet" data-source="post: 636151" data-attributes="member: 15903"><p>In September 1981, near Lake Henshaw, in southern California, I came across an abandoned Chevrolet Corvair which still had its rear-mounted, six-cylinder air-cooled engine. Sadly, I didn't have my tool kit with me and there wasn't enough spare room in my suitcase to take it home on the flight from Los Angeles to London. I wonder what HM Customs would have said if I had!?!</p><p></p><p>The downward-facing cooling-fan and drive-belt with idler pulleys seemed rather strange then, but I have since seen a similar after-market configuration, for use with VW Type 4 style air-cooled engines.</p><p></p><p>There's a whole chapter about Chevrolet Corvair engines in Bill Fisher's book about "hot-rodding" VW air-cooled engines (all types!?!), which strangely omits any mention of VW Type 4 style air-cooled engines, despite its 1970 publication date.</p><p></p><p>Bill Fisher, "How To Hot Rod Volkswagen Engines", HP Books, 1970, ISBN 0-912656-03-4</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="naskeet, post: 636151, member: 15903"] In September 1981, near Lake Henshaw, in southern California, I came across an abandoned Chevrolet Corvair which still had its rear-mounted, six-cylinder air-cooled engine. Sadly, I didn't have my tool kit with me and there wasn't enough spare room in my suitcase to take it home on the flight from Los Angeles to London. I wonder what HM Customs would have said if I had!?! The downward-facing cooling-fan and drive-belt with idler pulleys seemed rather strange then, but I have since seen a similar after-market configuration, for use with VW Type 4 style air-cooled engines. There's a whole chapter about Chevrolet Corvair engines in Bill Fisher's book about "hot-rodding" VW air-cooled engines (all types!?!), which strangely omits any mention of VW Type 4 style air-cooled engines, despite its 1970 publication date. Bill Fisher, "How To Hot Rod Volkswagen Engines", HP Books, 1970, ISBN 0-912656-03-4 [/QUOTE]
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