[Rovernet] Engine ancestry

[Glen R. Wilson]

On 12/13/22 3:01 PM, Glen R. Wilson via Rovernet wrote:
> Update:  Corvair was a Z-body, not a Y-body GM platform.
"The three cars were jointly developed — still very unusual for GM in 
that era, when each division generally handled its own engineering and 
manufacturing — and shared a stretched version of the new unitized 
Y-body shell used by the Corvair. When the new cars debuted in late 1960 
for the 1961 model year, they were swiftly nicknamed “Senior Compacts.”

Picking nits. Engine info is fine.
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> 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
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>> 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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