Apologies for reminiscing but here are a couple of memories..
A good friend had one of these Corvair Greenbriers..
..that we took on a camping trip when we were teenagers (not this example, but same color). Loaded up with sleeping bags, fishing gear, camp stove, food, coolers, etc. We were packed up and ready to hit the road.
Unfortunately, the road involved climbing over some steep mountain passes during the hot summer and the "hot engine" idiot light kept flashing as we were climbing the grades, so we had to keep pulling over to let it cool down. Anyway, my buddy got tired of looking at that warning light, so he stuck a piece of black electrical tape over it. Out of sight, right. Ended up with an aborted trip as the engine got toasted and we limped home on 5 cylinders, trailing considerable smoke. Live and learn..
Another good high school buddy of mine had a..
..'65 Corsa (like this example) with the 180 HP turbo motor and a 4 speed. It was a dog off the line, but really took off when the revs wound up. Another feature at full throttle was raw gasoline fumes in the car when the turbo was kicking in. I liked that little car, but his girlfriend made him sell it, for obvious reasons. The "perfume" got to be too much.. :-) |
