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Jay Eitel's V-12 'Jaguair' Corvair

Originally intending to use disk brakes on the rear, Jay gave up on the idea, as he needed a parking brake with a large bore caliper due to the rear weight.

Brake drums are finned aluminum. (Removed in picture)

The large flat pan ahead of the transaxle is required for the addition of the torque converter.

Note the exhaust pipes go over the half shafts.

Rear brakes

There are still plenty of detail shots to come, but before getting to those, let's look into the cockpit of the Jaguair. Because Jay wanted the Monza to look like a Corvair inside as well as outside, he installed the 7000 rpm Jag tach and other engine instruments in a pod that folds away into the glove compartment. When parked, or with a passenger on board and the glove box closed, the dashboard appears stock.

Jay says the shifter is the only departure from stock. It was fabricated using two control cables; one to put the car in Park, the other to shift the gears.

Creature comforts are there too, with air-conditioning and a quality sound system adding to the magic.

Eitel Monza (interior view)

Imagine yourself behind the wheel of this ultimate stealth cruiser; topped up on fuel, windows up with air-conditioning on, favorite tunes in your ears, your senses sharp and that big stroked V-12 ready to pour on the torque at the twitch of a toe. You crest a hill and see nothing but a wide, freshly laid ribbon of asphalt extending to the horizon. No traffic, no pedestrians, no animals; just perfect blacktop.

Now imagine you're a State Trooper cleverly hidden in the landscape. Suddenly your radar alarm sounds and your digital monitor flashes 150+ mph, followed by the rush and blur of a Granada Gold '67 Corvair Monza streaking by and quickly disappearing over the next hill. If you gave chase and somehow managed to catch the culprit a few miles down the road, you'd just have to satisfy your curiosity and take a good look under the "hood."  

Jay Eitel's V-12 Jaguair (full engine view)

While there are no obvious air intakes on the front of the Jaguair, the throttle bodies get their air from under the front of the car, behind the chin spoiler. Jay says the air cleaner elements housed in the black housings behind the headlight buckets rarely get dirty, and the system ingests no water, even in bad weather.

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