"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/12/2020 at 10:33 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/12/2020 at 10:33 • Filed to: None | 0
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How’s everybody today? I’m sure one of you car people can tell me about this van. I can tell you that it has a TX ANG fin flash on the door. I photographed it way back in 2012 out behind the Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry here in Austin. I’m digging the wheels.
f86sabre
> ttyymmnn
11/12/2020 at 10:46 |
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Hey there. All is well here. Just waiting for the giant meteor to impact Oppo.
The van is some kind of Chevy Greenbrier I think. The ANG flash is a nice touch.
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ttyymmnn
> f86sabre
11/12/2020 at 10:51 |
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Somebody over on hyphen ID’d as a Corvair Greenbrier, so I’m guessing engine in the back? It was a long time ago, and I asked the docent about the van. He said that they were hoping to restore it and put it on display. Haven’t been there since, so I have no idea if that has happened or not. Super neat van, though.
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> ttyymmnn
11/12/2020 at 11:11 |
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Corvair Greenbrier! Love those vans!
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> ttyymmnn
11/12/2020 at 11:11 |
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Yes, rear engines air cooled flat 6 in the rear. Like a faster VW Type 2.
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ttyymmnn
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11/12/2020 at 11:24 |
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So I’m assuming rear engine?
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ttyymmnn
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11/12/2020 at 11:25 |
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NM. Saw your other reply. Thanks.
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> ttyymmnn
11/12/2020 at 11:38 |
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Yuuuuuup
Extremely space efficient. design. You barely lose any space at all in the rear though liftover is a bit higher.
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ttyymmnn
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11/12/2020 at 11:42 |
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Super cool how they crammed that in there. Did that engine have the guts to move that thing?
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> ttyymmnn
11/12/2020 at 12:00 |
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Those Corvair engines aren’t as shabby as you may think. It’s certainly faster than a Type 2 and can at the very least keep up with traffic. Not exactly fast but about comparable to the front-mid engined 6 cylinder vans the rest of Detroit was making at the time and has much better handling characteristics.
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f86sabre
> ttyymmnn
11/12/2020 at 15:50 |
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Yep, the engine is in the back. All the crazy of a Corviar with the added weight of a van!