Original Posted By: Jim Markle
There was a guy from Alabama that left a brief post a few weeks ago on theYahoo Corvair group stating that he had engines. He wasn't an airplane guy,he just had a lot of junk. So after a few emails with him, I decided todrive down last weekend. I got four 110hp engines, all were complete, threewere '65-'68, one was a '64. I got an extra crank, an extra set of heads,three 12 row fin oil coolers, an extra set of pushrod tubes, an extra set ofvalve covers, two side draft motorcycle carbs, and a gascolator for myModel-A. It was $400 for the engines, the rest he just loaded into mytruck. At $400, I didn't have the heart to pay him any less.He still has five 110hp engines in the barn, one '65-'68 (suffix RH), andthe rest are '64 (suffix YN if memory serves me, I was a little overwhelmedat the time). On the loft of the barn, he said there were additional headsup there, but I didn't go up to look (the floor was falling through). Healso has an old van parked out back with six engines, two were partial(missing at least one head), and at least one was low HP. I couldn't checkthe others without emptying the van. He also had at least a dozen Corvairson his property. My guess is there are a couple of the right cores inthose. The nicest Car on the property, which is not to far off of beingdrivable, had a 110 badge on the trunk.This gentleman is just a good-old-boy who's partied a little hard in hislife. His property was a mess. All the Corvair stuff was from his dad andhe had no interest in it other than selling it. I think he had in the pasttwice the quantity of engines but has recently been tearing them down andselling the aluminum for scrap. What I'm saying here is if you areinterested, you probably should act fast.A note about the barn. It's full of stuff. There are Corvair cylinderslying all over the place. There's a few cranks, distributors, pistons androds, and other miscellaneous parts just lying around. This doesn't countthe flathead Ford engines parts, old fenders, radios, and countless othernon-Corvair parts that were interesting. The barn is falling apart withholes in the roof and only about half of it was dry. Don't expect to walkinto a clean shop and have perfect engines sitting on engine stands; wearboots and get a Tetanus shot first.Just up the interstate from where he lives is a large utility trailermanufacturer/retailer. I had a hard time not buying a 16 footer and goingback for more. By the way, four engines in the back is about all a Ford 150can manage, I white knuckled it all the way home. He wanted to give me acouple of extra Corvair blocks in case one of my cranks were bad or wrong, Icouldn't take them simply due to the weight in the truck already.His name was Eric Lippert in Cullman, AL. He's got no phone, but he doeshave satellite internet and his email is justeric1agn(at)yahoo.com. He's anice guy, looks like he could use the money, and would like to see theseengines being used as opposed to melted down.Robert HainesDu Quoin, Illinois________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:02:06 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Pietenpol-List: Corvair engines in AL
Pietenpol-List: Re: Corvair engines in AL
Original Posted By:> Jim Markle
Jim,One note about loading a pickup truck... four engines will fit nicely in thebed of a full size truck, except the wheel wells are in the way. Before Ileft, I used the notches in the bed liner to set 2x6's (2x4's will work aswell) from side to side, put short feet midway down to the bed, and set a1/2 sheet of plywood over the top. This made a table about eight inches offthe bed over the wells, which is what the notches are there for in the firstplace. The feet were there since I didn't trust the 1/8" ABS molded bedliner to support over 1000lbs of engines; it surely would have cracked. Thenice thing was that I was able to slide the extra heads and stuffunderneath, it was a beautiful thing.The drive for me was almost six hours one way, but the weather was nice, thewindow was down, and I now don't have to worry about finding cores anymore.Now the following may get under some skins but I'll share anyway. :)Yesterday afternoon, I received an email from a local member of CORSA whoknew I was looking for a 110 engine core. He had found a local guy who wasgetting rid of his parts car which had an engine in it, the asking price forthe whole car was $100 and it was 10 minutes from where I work. I of courseimmediatly called and went by after work last night to take a look. It wasa '66 smog 110 (-RA) but otherwise was a really nice core. I have alreadypassed the torch to Jon Jones in MO since I already have all I need. Iguess when it rains, it pours.Robert HainesDu Quoin, Illinois
Jim,One note about loading a pickup truck... four engines will fit nicely in thebed of a full size truck, except the wheel wells are in the way. Before Ileft, I used the notches in the bed liner to set 2x6's (2x4's will work aswell) from side to side, put short feet midway down to the bed, and set a1/2 sheet of plywood over the top. This made a table about eight inches offthe bed over the wells, which is what the notches are there for in the firstplace. The feet were there since I didn't trust the 1/8" ABS molded bedliner to support over 1000lbs of engines; it surely would have cracked. Thenice thing was that I was able to slide the extra heads and stuffunderneath, it was a beautiful thing.The drive for me was almost six hours one way, but the weather was nice, thewindow was down, and I now don't have to worry about finding cores anymore.Now the following may get under some skins but I'll share anyway. :)Yesterday afternoon, I received an email from a local member of CORSA whoknew I was looking for a 110 engine core. He had found a local guy who wasgetting rid of his parts car which had an engine in it, the asking price forthe whole car was $100 and it was 10 minutes from where I work. I of courseimmediatly called and went by after work last night to take a look. It wasa '66 smog 110 (-RA) but otherwise was a really nice core. I have alreadypassed the torch to Jon Jones in MO since I already have all I need. Iguess when it rains, it pours.Robert HainesDu Quoin, Illinois
> Pietenpol-List: Corvair engines in AL
Original Posted By: Jim Markle
> Pietenpol-List: Corvair engines in AL
Original Posted By: Kip and Beth Gardner
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Corvair engines in AL
Original Posted By: Jim Markle
RE: Pietenpol-List: Corvair engines in AL
Original Posted By: "Gadd, Skip"
Kip,Its me, Atlanta to West Virginia on or about June 2 2004.Skip, 147 days.>OK, there's someone on the list from down south who's interested in >Corvairs & is moving 'Nawth' when he retires - guess I'm having a >senior moment as to who.________________________________________________________________________________
Kip,Its me, Atlanta to West Virginia on or about June 2 2004.Skip, 147 days.>OK, there's someone on the list from down south who's interested in >Corvairs & is moving 'Nawth' when he retires - guess I'm having a >senior moment as to who.________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: Corvair engines in AL
Original Posted By: "Fred Weaver"
I was looking for a couple of cores up here in Minnesota.Caroll in Hassan.________________________________________________________________________________
I was looking for a couple of cores up here in Minnesota.Caroll in Hassan.________________________________________________________________________________