[SCG] Welded Deck Lid Supports - Last Week of April, 1963

[Paul Steinberg]

I just went to the eBay auction and would like to comment about this car. 
Please forgive me if this has been discussed and I missed the discussion 
since I wasn't aware of this vehicle before...  After looking at the engine 
compartment I find no evidence of there ever having been a manual choke 
assembly going through the firewall, which will bring me to my next point 
that I believe that this is actually a 1963 or even possibly a 1964 
production car.   The serial number is attached with screws, and as many of 
us are aware of, this might be because the original tag fell off or was 
taken off during a repaint and lost.  Not uncommon to take a serial number 
tag from a junk car and put it on with screws.  Second thing that I noticed 
is that it has 1962 taillights.  The holes in the front panel are identical 
for the 1961, 1963, and 1964 front grille bars. so assuming this were a true 
1961, where are the choke cable holes.  If this were a true 1962, then the 
grille holes would have a different placement.  I have ruled out the 1961 
because of the lack of the choke cable.  Now, it leaves 1963 & 1964. The 
serial number prefix is  10927, which will make this a Monza 2 door coupe, 
since the convertible number is 967, which proves that the serial number is 
from another car.  It is my opinion that this car most likely is a "hybrid" 
of parts from many different years.  Only removing the front cross member 
will disclose the true identity by reading the stamped serial number into 
the front frame member.  If I had to guess, I would believe that the chassis 
is a 1963 based on some other smaller items that I see.
Paul in CT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <corvairduval at cox.net>
To: <scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [SCG] Welded Deck Lid Supports - Last Week of April, 1963


Wow, first we get word of the 1961 convertible on epay, and now Bill shows
us two 1963 convertibles built in April of 1964! ggg

Frank DuVal

BTW, these two convertibles were really sweet in stock form.

Original Message:
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From: Bill Hubbell whubbell at cox.net
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 11:48:10 -0400
To: scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com
Subject: [SCG] Welded Deck Lid Supports - Last Week of April, 1963


We noticed something strange at the Virginia Vair Fair this past weekend. -
photos attached.



We had two 1963 Monza Convertibles built the same week in April 1964 (Build
Date 04E) and BOTH had the bottom part of the Deck Lid support welded to the
body.  Neither one had holes in the deck lid support for the bolts that
should have been there.








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