Originally posted by Don Meyer
Vairtoy - contact Mike Mann (vair@sisna.com). He has built a space frame for a Corvar. Next try the Virtual vairs in the Corvair Corsa web site. They have quitw a few links to this swap using Chey v6/v6 engines.
Mike Mann.... The name rings a bell. I've probably talked to him at one of the conventions. I'll drop him a note and see what he says.

Screamer.... You think like I do!.... My wife says we should both be committed! I have a '73 Olds Toronado 455 w/Turbo425 Transaxle in the back corner of my garage, and it was destined for the back end of the 'Vair, but my wife doesn't like the look of the IMSA flares that I mocked up on the 'Vair. Can't shorten the axles enough to keep the wheels tucked under fenders, even with front drive rims, without risking additional damage to the trailing arms, differential or both.

The Mazda rotary is very tempting, but I can't bring myself to put an import drivetrain in a classic piece of American iron. Must have something to do with growing up in Pittsburgh and watching the steel industry die a slow and painful death because of poor quality (at that time), government subsidised, steel from Japan. (Someone stop me before I get on my soap box!)

And the quest continues........