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From: Ed Maier on 13 Feb 2010 01:04 On 2/12/2010 8:24 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:35 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: > >> On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: >>> >>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a '52 Plymouth, '60 VW Bug, '62 >>>> Corvair Monza, >>> >>> You, uh, don't still have this, do you...? >>> >>> >>> >> God no. >> >> Ed Maier > > Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a '66, three on the...er...yeah. > > It's problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time. > > However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair. > (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair > parts...) > > > My '62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed like there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did find out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but it was very disconcerting. Ed Maier
From: Al Falfa on 13 Feb 2010 10:10 "Ed Maier" <evmaiertakethisout(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hl5fd0$osp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 2/12/2010 8:24 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:35 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: >> >>> On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >>>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: >>>> >>>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a '52 Plymouth, '60 VW Bug, '62 >>>>> Corvair Monza, >>>> >>>> You, uh, don't still have this, do you...? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> God no. >>> >>> Ed Maier >> >> Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a '66, three on >> the...er...yeah. >> >> It's problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time. >> >> However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair. >> (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair >> parts...) >> >> >> > My '62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed like > there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did find > out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but it was > very disconcerting. > > Ed Maier > How effective could the steering be when the car is floating?
From: AMuzi on 13 Feb 2010 11:12 >>>> Ed Maier wrote: >>>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a '52 Plymouth, '60 VW Bug, '62 >>>>> Corvair Monza, >>> Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >>>> You, uh, don't still have this, do you...? >> Ed Maier wrote: >>> God no. > Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >> Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a '66, three on >> the...er...yeah. >> It's problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time. >> However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair. >> (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair >> parts...) Ed Maier wrote: > My '62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed > like there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did > find out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but > it was very disconcerting. Add the air dam in the front. Dramatically improves handling at speed. The '65~69 style will fit. -- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971
From: Jeff Strickland on 13 Feb 2010 14:44 "Ed Maier" <evmaiertakethisout(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hl5fd0$osp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 2/12/2010 8:24 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:35 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: >> >>> On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >>>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: >>>> >>>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a '52 Plymouth, '60 VW Bug, '62 >>>>> Corvair Monza, >>>> >>>> You, uh, don't still have this, do you...? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> God no. >>> >>> Ed Maier >> >> Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a '66, three on >> the...er...yeah. >> >> It's problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time. >> >> However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair. >> (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair >> parts...) >> >> >> > My '62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed like > there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did find > out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but it was > very disconcerting. > You have to wait for the car to land before the steering works again ...
From: Ed Maier on 13 Feb 2010 18:52
On 2/13/2010 1:44 PM, Jeff Strickland wrote: > "Ed Maier"<evmaiertakethisout(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:hl5fd0$osp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> On 2/12/2010 8:24 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:49:35 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: >>> >>>> On 2/12/2010 6:30 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:09:30 -0600, Ed Maier wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Same here. My wife and I have owned a '52 Plymouth, '60 VW Bug, '62 >>>>>> Corvair Monza, >>>>> >>>>> You, uh, don't still have this, do you...? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> God no. >>>> >>>> Ed Maier >>> >>> Why?!? Those were cool little cars. I had a '66, three on >>> the...er...yeah. >>> >>> It's problems were more than my technical capabilities at the time. >>> >>> However, if I had it now, I would have one cool Corvair. >>> (I live about 10 miles from the place in Mass that remanufactures Corvair >>> parts...) >>> >>> >>> >> My '62 Monza had a tendency to "float" at speeds above 65 MPH. Seemed like >> there was a lag in steering response at that speed, too. Never did find >> out what caused it. Not sure anyone else had the same problem, but it was >> very disconcerting. >> > > You have to wait for the car to land before the steering works again ... > > Well obviously that was the steering lag thing, but the "float" had me mystified. Munzi in an earlier post mentioned an air dam install fix, but I traded it in on a Mustang to get it out of my hair. I had tentatively written it off because I was using tires from different manufacturers on front and rear. (In any event, I was just guessing, and I was ready for a new car anyhow.) Ed Maier |