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Subject:RE: Corvair engines (fwd)
From:Sean Bartnik
Date:Thu, 25 Apr 96 20:33:45 EDT

> 
> Speaking of who borrowed ideas from where, there's a little aircraft
> museum at Teterboro Airport here in north Jersey, including a Korean war
> helicopter like you've seen ferrying the wounded on M*A*S*H.  The engine
> is a flat six, placed vertically, and looks a LOT like a Corvair engine.
> 
> B.
> Wm Kennedy
> kennedy@admin.njit.edu
> 
Hmmm, vertically mounted, huh??  Kind of makes you wonder about the
design of the oil pump, etc.  Lubrication is a little trickier when
gravity's not on your side.  Kind of interesting.

VW content:

Last night the rear dome light in my '78 shorted out and blew the fuse.
I'm not sure exactly what's wrong with it but the switch is VERY loose
and I broke it taking it out (it was cracked already) so I need a new
one anyway.  Weird.

Sean

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