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

[Jerry Brown]

Putting another vin number on a Corvair is common.  I picked up a 64 Corvair convertible only to find that it was a 62 convertible.  It had the 62 wheel covers and grill bars. The hood and rear deck had been changed to the 64 as well as the vin# and the rear suspension.  

Jerry

--- On Mon, 5/3/10, Paul Steinberg <noahsarkinc at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Paul Steinberg <noahsarkinc at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [SCG] Welded Deck Lid Supports - Last Week of April, 1963
> To: corvairduval at cox.net, scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com
> Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 5:56 PM
> 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:
> -----------------
> 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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