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Tubs,
It had to be about 1969 or so. I had the only Corvair repair shop in Phoenix Az. The dealers would send the Corvairs to me to repair. No one would touch them. Once a guy figured them out I could train a monkey to work on them. My friend did a ring & valve job on a 1965 Ford Mercury 390 & three pistons had oversized ring lands. I don’t know I got a repair shop discount if at all, but the Ford dealer must have given us one?? We had a ball in that shop building sand rails & fiberglass V.W. sand buggys. Remember the corvair lakeside station wagon? We shortened one to a 2 door & put giant off road 15″ tires & a turbo 180hp motor & it was a death trap. We had regular costumers for oil leaks, pushrod tubes, had O-rings on a tube & they “cooked” on a reguler basis. Made some good money for the time but spent it as fast, crazy & young!!! We would do a ring & valve job back then for $180.00 + tax.Yes I’m old now.