[FC] Re: Corvan versus Greenbriar and more

[Paul Steinberg]

If you reverse the right for left side, then the rear doors will open first.  Paul
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Ziegler, III 
  To: EconoUSAParts at aol.com ; corvanatics at corvair.org 
  Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:10 PM
  Subject: RE: [FC] Re: Corvan versus Greenbriar and more


  Corvair vans have different doors from side to side. On my 8 door Greenbrier 
  the front doors open before the rear doors on both sides.



  Dave Ziegler
  CORVAIR THERAPY
  mechanical repair, light restoration




  >From: EconoUSAParts at aol.com
  >To: corvanatics at corvair.org
  >Subject: [FC] Re: Corvan versus Greenbriar and more Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 
  >21:49:54 EDT
  >
  >  "Paul Steinberg" <noahsarkinc at earthlink.net> wrote;
  >
  >       I once saw a FC/Greenbrier that had the side doors reversed, so the
  >third side door would have to be opened before the middle side door would 
  >open. 
  >I was confused as to how this was accomplished at the time, but after 
  >seeing a
  >8 door van, I realized that they had swapped the left side doors for the
  >right side doors.
  >
  >
  >
  >        Paul,now that's really odd to say the least. All early 8 door vans 
  >I
  >ve seen(Dodge,Ford,GM) use the same doors for both sides and even the rears 
  >so
  >all are interchangeable. That means they open differently when installed on
  >the drivers side, ie; the rear door opens first on drivers side only. In 
  >other
  >words,it's always the right hand door that opens first. I realize Corvair 
  >vans
  >have a smaller rear door setup so those cant interchange with side doors.
  >         Perhaps GM figured out their obvious production error with that 8
  >door Corvair van option and corrected it when they produced the new 
  >Chevy/GM van
  >lineup in 64 which pretty much mimmicked the Ford lineup as did the 
  >Dodge's.
  >Granted both GM and Dodge improved on Ford's version but they had 3 years 
  >to
  >figure out the improvements too. Then Ford improved on both of those with 
  >it's
  >68-74 engine forward models and that's basically the same style van most
  >companies still make today only with longer hoods, but that's another topic 
  >all
  >together.
  >
  >.
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