[Ducati] Ah...the old Corvair!

[mike major]

Ah yes, unsafe at any speed was the claim.  One of my friends had one in
North Dakota, we were hurrying back to our radar site from Fargo in a
blizzard, came out of a wind protected low spot and the wind caught the
front of the Covair, flipped it off the road where it tumbled end over end.
My friend was OK, swore he fell out the back window when it flipped so we
gathered him up and proceeded on to the site.

On 9/2/07, HOPPER ELDRIDGE <hoppereldridge at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> My brother and I had a patch job 62/61 with the std 98 horse engine. Mom's
> was an automatic '62 (102 hp) and Dad's was a '61 with the 98 hp engine. All
> Monzas. We put the shorter steering links and some other stuff, can't even
> remember any more on our car..really improved the steering.
>
> Later, I had a '65 Monza convertible with the 4 single barrels, maroon
> body/white top (yep, I'm a Texas Aggie!). Nice handler good power, used to
> race it up the backside of a mountain outside of Denver against a 442
> Cutlass and a 375 fi Corvette. In the curves it held it's own. Lost it in a
> flash flood in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
>
> Then I bought another '65 w/ 4 1 barrels and rebuilt the engine in the
> barracks! Passed inspections and no one was the wiser. Put an old wire spool
> end on it then threw an old bed spread over it, put an old wine bottle on it
> with a flower in it. Eventually sold it for a '67 Goat. Wish I had them all
> back!  <LOL>
>
> Reminiscing in my dotage...Hopper
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