The News of My Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

With apologies to Mark Twain.

Saturday afternoon Tom was prepared to drive me over to Gary’s (Corvair Mechanic Extraordinaire) for him to diagnose the cause of my engine rumbling. He decided first to make sure my carburetors were functioning properly, so he started me up while watching the chokes. I immediately settled into a smooth idle with no rumbling. While lying on the ground, he tightened the exhaust flange nuts to stop a slight leak. After a few minutes of warm up, he decided to take me for a spin around the block. I accelerated fine and sounded fine.

Today, Ariel drove me all around town including high speed jaunts on the interstate, and she felt like I was normal. Excellent news!