[Rovernet] Engine ancestry

[Glen R. Wilson]

Update:  Corvair was a Z-body, not a Y-body GM platform.

On 12/13/22 2:52 PM, Glen R. Wilson via Rovernet wrote:
> On 12/13/22 12:43 PM, Lance La Certe via Rovernet wrote:
>> Not sure if this was previously posted, but this appears to be a 
>> fastidiously researched article.
>>
>> https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/buick-special-skylark-rover-v8-3800-v6-history/ 
>> <https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/buick-special-skylark-rover-v8-3800-v6-history/>
>>
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> "Although it shared a variation of the Corvair body shell, the Special 
> looked nothing like its Chevrolet cousin and was somewhat larger, 
> stretching 8.4 inches (213 mm) longer overall on a 4-inch (101-mm) 
> longer wheelbase."
>
>
> It seems a "stretch" to say that the Buick Special and the Covair 
> shared a unibody platform when one was rear-engined and the other was 
> front-engined.
>
> I own a 1964 Corvair Monza sedan, and it has to be lower than a Ford 
> GT40. It's also physically smaller than a 1998 Volvo V70 (or any Volvo 
> 850). Not too surprising that while GM marketed the Corvair as a 
> compact family car, people were buying them because they were sporty. 
> That quickly led to the introduction of the Chevy II, a more 
> conventional car. The Corvair remained in production for 10 years.
>
> https://ateupwithmotor.com/contentfiles/uploads/1963_Buick_Skylark_front3q.jpg
>
> There's a '65 Corvair in my town with an Olds 215 mounted in a 
> mid-engine configuration (no back seat, good weight distribution). The 
> Olds version was the one Brabham and Repco used in F1 and is preferred 
> for performance because of the way the cylinder heads bolt to the 
> block in a more robust manner.
>
> Overall, a very good article. I'm just a bit taken aback by the notion 
> that the Corvair was related to these bigger cars despite the fact 
> that they were contemporaries under the GM umbrella.
>
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