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ahh_me2
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Cute lil thing!
Looks like it's from the movie "Cars" haha
Looks like it's from the movie "Cars" haha
VJG1977
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That is an Ultra Van Motorhome with a Corvair engine and transaxle.
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WriterMs
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Very cool!
Patrick46
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Hardcore cult following.
(...whatever a 'cult' following is!)
(...whatever a 'cult' following is!)
squatting dog2
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They definitely seem to have quite a following.
https://www.google.com/search?q=cor...X&ved=0ahUKEwj8p5Kw_NTJAhWKQSYKHXtYBJUQsAQILg
https://www.google.com/search?q=cor...X&ved=0ahUKEwj8p5Kw_NTJAhWKQSYKHXtYBJUQsAQILg
eDJ_
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There are (were) a couple of these in the area where I live. One was stored in an old barn a few miles below me
and a wind storm caused the barn to cave in on it. Die hard cult followers cane and literally picked it's bones for parts.
The other is down in the larger city below me and belongs to a Corvair "freak". He has more Corvair stuff
than anyone I've ever known. Cars, Vans, even a Vair with a 454 Olds Toronado engine/transmission in the
back seat area.
I was talking with him the day he brought it to town an I followed him to this gas station to talk to him.
Told him about the one the barn caved in on and I think he lead the charge there to it.
He told me some of the history of it. Seems an Aircraft designer/pilot needed a home away from home
was the beginnings of the development of it. When he invited me in I could tell it was an early RV as there
was no extensive use of shag carpet and it was built more to what a Man would have. (more stark and
functional) Very roomy too. As I walked to the back there was a bathroom on on the right side and a kitchen to the left and the bedroom at the back. He lifted the bed up to expose access to the Corvair engine.
He told me that it had the original engine and was of course leaking oil. But he was having a new one built
with all the upgraded "seals" of silicone type material so it would never leak again. The transmission was a two speed power glide which he said worked splendid with the light weight aluminum body. He said it was a dream
to drive that he didn't expect with the little two carb 80 hp/125 ftlb torque engine. He was pleased with the performance and acceleration but he wouldn't interstate travel with it much and would keep it to around 60 mph tops.
How would I sum up my impression of it ? VERY basic. About like an purely stock 1960 VW Camper Van.
I had to laugh when he said it would be just the thing for a tired Pilot who has just returned from a long flight
and it's 2am. He could go to this home away from home, start the engine and let it warm such that the heat
from the engine could warm the bed while he chills out and gets ready to hit the sack for a few hours till it's daylight.
I don't know if this thing inspired those later "Wide Body" B series Dodge Camper Vans or not.
and a wind storm caused the barn to cave in on it. Die hard cult followers cane and literally picked it's bones for parts.
The other is down in the larger city below me and belongs to a Corvair "freak". He has more Corvair stuff
than anyone I've ever known. Cars, Vans, even a Vair with a 454 Olds Toronado engine/transmission in the
back seat area.
I was talking with him the day he brought it to town an I followed him to this gas station to talk to him.
Told him about the one the barn caved in on and I think he lead the charge there to it.
He told me some of the history of it. Seems an Aircraft designer/pilot needed a home away from home
was the beginnings of the development of it. When he invited me in I could tell it was an early RV as there
was no extensive use of shag carpet and it was built more to what a Man would have. (more stark and
functional) Very roomy too. As I walked to the back there was a bathroom on on the right side and a kitchen to the left and the bedroom at the back. He lifted the bed up to expose access to the Corvair engine.
He told me that it had the original engine and was of course leaking oil. But he was having a new one built
with all the upgraded "seals" of silicone type material so it would never leak again. The transmission was a two speed power glide which he said worked splendid with the light weight aluminum body. He said it was a dream
to drive that he didn't expect with the little two carb 80 hp/125 ftlb torque engine. He was pleased with the performance and acceleration but he wouldn't interstate travel with it much and would keep it to around 60 mph tops.
How would I sum up my impression of it ? VERY basic. About like an purely stock 1960 VW Camper Van.
I had to laugh when he said it would be just the thing for a tired Pilot who has just returned from a long flight
and it's 2am. He could go to this home away from home, start the engine and let it warm such that the heat
from the engine could warm the bed while he chills out and gets ready to hit the sack for a few hours till it's daylight.
I don't know if this thing inspired those later "Wide Body" B series Dodge Camper Vans or not.
wagoneer
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WOW Bockwurst Mobile, that is very cool
