1962 Pontiac Tempest convertible - red - with white top - fvr

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NOTE TO JERRY: Jerry - I know you dislike this prelude section. But look
at the above statement.

Answer this: What is incorrect about it?

From the rear wheel camber, I'm guessing IRS with the fiberglass drive
shaft. And vague memories of Paul Goldsmith racing one....


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> possible...
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> NOTE TO JERRY: Jerry - I know you dislike this prelude section. But look
> at the above statement.
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> Answer this: What is incorrect about it?
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> From the rear wheel camber, I'm guessing IRS with the fiberglass drive
> shaft. And vague memories of Paul Goldsmith racing one....


I think these early Tempests used an early Corvair set up, rotated to face
forward of course since it was front engined. The drive shaft was a thing
of wonder. Single piece - made from some sort of springy steel not unlike a
torsion bar. And it was actually bowed in the center so that if you stood
off to the side and looked at it with x-ray eyes it formed a shallow "u"
from front to back. HD front and rear bearings were required. The engine
was a 4-banger, half of a Pontiac V8. Later production saw options for high
output V8's and the independent swing axle rear was replaced by a live rear
axle with leaf springs.
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Yes, the first Tempests had a unique drive train. Put an automatic into it
and you'd see the torque converter separated from the gearbox too. The rear
suspension was independent, based on the first generation Corvair's so it
offered considerable camber change as the wheels moved up and down. One
small correction, Pat: later production did see the independent rear
suspension replaced by a solid axle but it was suspended on coils, not leaf
springs, just like in the larger Pontiacs. The last leaf spring rear axle
on a Pontiac was in 1957.

max

"Paddy's Pig" > wrote in message
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> "Phil Rhodes" > wrote in message
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>> From the rear wheel camber, I'm guessing IRS with the fiberglass drive
>> shaft. And vague memories of Paul Goldsmith racing one....
>
>
> I think these early Tempests used an early Corvair set up, rotated to face
> forward of course since it was front engined. The drive shaft was a thing
> of wonder. Single piece - made from some sort of springy steel not unlike
> a torsion bar. And it was actually bowed in the center so that if you
> stood off to the side and looked at it with x-ray eyes it formed a shallow
> "u" from front to back. HD front and rear bearings were required. The
> engine was a 4-banger, half of a Pontiac V8. Later production saw options
> for high output V8's and the independent swing axle rear was replaced by a
> live rear axle with leaf springs.
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> Pat Durkin
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