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Old 11-23-2020, 01:33 AM   #2016 (permalink)
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For builders who had a chance to see Vern’s aero-trike (1/2 Lancair 320, 1/2 Geo Metro) at Corvair College and Sun n Fun, here is a shot of it driving down Route 17 at 65 mph. I drove it 25 miles the other day, and it handles much better than you might guess. Vern was plagued with computer issues on the Geo’s original EFI set-up. I called Jeron Smith, noted Geo expert at Raven Redrives, and he provided us with a distributor and carb set-up to ditch all the computer and EFI stuff. Worked like a charm. Simplified, the vehicle runs flawlessly. So much for complexity. It gets 50 mpg in mixed driving. Vern even has the A/C working now. He has slightly under $1,000 in the project, total.

https://flycorvair.net/category/projects/

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread...-scooter-thing
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Above, Vern drove to the College in his ‘Aero-trike’ 50% Lancair 320, 50% geo metro. (Note that the airplane parking arrow is pointing to the wrong end of the vehicle, I should have had Vern turn it around) It logged 12,000 miles on Florida roads last year, where it is considered a legal motorcycle.
https://flycorvair.net/2014/04/08/co...-photo-report/


I haven't found anything specific to this trike on this reddit post, but someone mentioned: "There were a total of 245,313 Metros sold between start and end of production (surplus units were sold in 2002 and 2003)..."

That is just since Chevrolet bought Geo, right? How many sold before?

"The replacement for the Metro, the Aveo, only sold 426,845 copies..."
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