[CORSA-NC-email-list] Fw: [CPF-BOD] Fitch Sprint progress

[Jerry Brown]

I thought some of you would be interested in the Fitch Sprint progress.

Jerry Brown


--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Clark Hartzel <chartzel at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Clark Hartzel <chartzel at comcast.net>
> Subject: [CPF-BOD] Fitch Sprint progress
> To: "CPF Board" <cpfbod at tiger.skiblack.com>
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:27 PM
> Today Pete Koehler, Tony Vizyak and I went to see Rich
> Twardzik to check
> on the body work progress.
> As you can see in the attached pictures the car is pretty
> well stripped.
> The hood, deck lid, and doors were sent out to be media
> blasted.
> One door needed a little lead work and Rich has filled in
> that area.
> There are numerous rust holes in the body so we all agreed
> that Pete
> will pick up some patch panels from Cal Clark to save a lot
> of metal
> forming and labor time.
> Small flat areas like the door jamb triangles you see cut
> out will be
> patched with flat sheets by Rich.
> Rich did extensive work welding in a new area under the
> windshield where
> it seems all Corvairs rust out.
> I looked carefully at the trombone exhaust system and we
> all agreed if I
> sand blasted it, welded up the cracks and holes in the
> mufflers, tried
> to chrome the pipes it would still look like shit so I have
> decided to
> buy a new system from Clark's and that will be one of
> my "donations" to
> the project.
> Rich is going to repaint the trunk but Pete and I said we
> would remove
> the powertrain and detail the engine compartment ourselves.
> It is unlikely that we will be able to collect all the
> missing parts to
> finish the car by the time Rich is done painting so we
> might have a few
> work sessions at Tony's garage to reassemble everything
> later.
> Clark Hartzel, CPF Curator  
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