[FC] corsa trivia question

[David Ziegler, III]

I believe it was left blank to provide a flat spot for the horsepower decal 
that is in that spot.



Dave Ziegler
CORVAIR THERAPY
mechanical repair, light restoration


>From: "Williams, Rickie" <williamr@lindsey.edu>
>Reply-To: corvanatics@corvair.org
>To: virtualvairs@corvair.org,   "'corvanatics@corvair.org'"  
><corvanatics@corvair.org>
>Subject: RE: [FC] corsa trivia question
>Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:03:19 -0600
>
>If I may wager a guess....it is due to the routing of the spark plug wires.
>The way the wires go across the top of the shroud and are fastened to the
>rubberized holders would cause the #2 to be completely hidden (if it were
>present).  Does this seem reasonable?
>
>Rickie Williams
>Columbia, KY
>
> > ----------
> > From: 	Chickwich5151@cs.com[SMTP:Chickwich5151@cs.com]
> > Reply To: 	corvanatics@corvair.org
> > Sent: 	Friday, April 04, 2003 8:29 AM
> > To: 	corvanatics@corvair.org; virtualvairs@corvair.org
> > Subject: 	[FC] corsa trivia question
> >
> >     In reference to the trivia question posed by Joe Doughty in the 
>latest
> >
> > issue of the Communique, I have no answers but one more question.  His
> > question is about the stampings on the top shroud.  Cylinders 1,3,5, are
> > marked clearly on one side and 4,6 are marked on the other.  What 
>happened
> > to
> > #2  was it money saved in tooling or what?
> >     Joe reported that all the shrouds he has seen at shows look the 
>same.
> >
> > Now after examining the two top shrouds I have in the garage, I noticed 
>my
> >
> > van is identical 1,3,5 and 4,6; However, my sedan motor is missing the
> > three
> > also.  I have no idea what shroud this originally came from as it was a
> > mongrel motor when I received it.  On one side is 1,5 and the other side
> > 4,6.
> >
> >     Is the sedan shroud a misprint?  Why skip the numbers?  Anyone with 
>an
> >
> > answer, please enlighten us.
> > Thanks,
> > Andy Hammond
> > Chickwich5151@cs.com
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