Projects Unsafe At Any Speed...Nader's Nightmare! '62 Corvair

I'm putting all future info on this project in this thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=542558

Gonna mix this:

With this:

And squeeze it in this:

Then go "Strange Bird" huntin'. Scotty???

 

cool! love where this is going.
always liked the early corvair coupes.

 

Gonna' offer Ralph Nader a ride I'll bet!!

 

That's what I call a "hairy" intake.

 

Stupid Question ... are you going to put that in the front or the back?

 

on man, im watching this. That dog is terrified. It apparently knows what is about to happen...

 

how about md engined?

 

Well that's about the stupidest thing I've ever seen.....and I love it hahah!!!! You're going to kill yourself!!!!

 

That's gonna be a lot of air going through that little puppy. Hope it holds up.

 

I was thinking that the blower would do a good job of "mixing" the dog...

The idea sounds perfectly insane.... I too am wondering if it's going to be mid-engine??

Instead of "Hemi Under Glass", it would be more like "Hemi Up Your A**"....

 

I can't keep up with your projects! I thought the Hemi was for the Model T?

 

excited. i want you to be done right now with a ton of progress pics so i can waste all my garage-time reading the HAMB again!!

 

That hemi better be going in the "trunk"

 

Blown puppy power! That's a new one for the HAMB.

Actually, he'll be inside the blower, like a hamster, and provide massive volumes of power to that little Hemi! Lots of "yips!" per gallon!

 

WHO couldn't love a hemi in a Corvair? Even Ralph would probably crack a smile. At the least, I'll bet the belt stays on the pulleys better than the original one did. DD

 

I'm not gonna lie, your blower intake scares me.........alot.

It looks like laser beams are about to shoot from its eyes.



FINISH THIS ONE! Hamb Drags 2012.......it's on!

 

Oh yeah!

Let's hit the checklist:

Stupid? Yes.
Unnecessary? Yes.
Hemi? Yes.
Blower? Yes.
Beer? Yes.
Small fur bearing animal to operate mechanical linkages under the hood? Yes.

Bitchin'? Oh fuck yeah!

Is this the build thread? I'll go ahead and subscribe to it just in case. Oh, and by the way, I'm sending you some DVD's today (if I can get out of the house)

RichG

 

I love it! Keep us posted on this insanity. I love Corvair and overpowered Corvairs are even cooler.

 

I'm curious too.

I still want to do a straight-axle'd, front-engined Corvair with an Edsel 361.

-Dave

 

The famous Goodies Speed Shop in San Jose (Jungle Jim Liebermann's Home Base) was founded, owned, and run by Richard Guess. His original decal pictured a rear-engined Corvair with blown Hemi. (1961?)
Someone said the car actually existed, although I never saw it...
Muttley, do you have that decal???

 

The plan is an early-mid 60s altered, engine up front. I plan to actually run this at the local track. I'm looking for a '47-'54 Chevy truck axle and leaf springs. I'll probably slap a cheap S10 rear axle under there for now; get a proper late 50s early 60s rear after it blows up. Got a set of big and little slots, 8.5x15 and 3.5x15 I've had for years waiting on the right project.

It'll be a while before I can get the Hemi and blower rebuilt, but I have a truck with a strong running small block and a 4bbl. I may have to rob. This is on the shelf as well:

 

Boy, I think your cheese done slid off your cracker.

 

note to self...send flowers and condolances to Richard's widow...

 

Love it! Wouldn't want to ride in it, but I love it!

 

jezus man...you got a death wish?

on the other hand..cant wait to see it

 

Wow! There's not too much cooler than a
blown early hemi stuffed down the throat
of a Corvair!!! That's about as bad as they
get!!! As for that much over-used "Nader's
Nightmare" moniker....Ha! I preferred the
much more 'upscale and classy' "Poor Man's
Porsche" 'nom de guerre' for my old '68
'Vair! (Sadly, mine desperately needed but
didn't have ()a blown hemi in it though!)

Mart3406
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Just foolin' around with a dummy block:


Looks like there will be plenty of room between the stock wheel wells after sinking the engine down it there, just carefully cut out the spare tire well. Gonna need to set it back 12" from here to clear a 3" radiator and mechanical fan. That puts the rear carb right at the hood opening.

Makin' the noise.

 

Sheeeeeiiiiitttt... you're out of our mind.

 

Awesome!

 

Some of that floor is structural... Take it from somebody who could cut a Corvair into small enough chucks with a Sawzall to fit 2 in the back of a pickup truck, you cut through anything with double layers and they fold up.