George Vellios, Who Knows What He's Up To? Options

[GeorgeRud]

It seems different threads end up talking about some Vellios parts. It seemed he had quite a few good ideas for 914s, mostly 10 years ago it seems. I heard that he had pretty much retired, and I last talked to him a few years ago. Any of you California types know what he's up to? It seems some of the conversions parts that are becoming available are similar to his ideas. Neat guy from what I remember - he was very nice to talk to.

[Brad Roberts]

George had some really good idea's. I honestly beleive he was ahead of his time when it came to some of the parts.

Last I heard, he took on a job that would keep him busy for years to come. Supplying somebody with a LOT of parts.

His 915 setup required a lot of work to make it work correctly in a 915 gearbox. Unless you installed it yourself.. your mechanic probably "fixed" the machining issues and made it work for you.

Some of the first 100 or so castings were obviously cast incorrectly. You could see it in all the AA ads back in the day. He later corrected it. It was off bad enough that it placed the tranny in BIND with the front engine mount.

Patrick bought eveything he had before WEVO stepped up.

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