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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is This the
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A new member of our club (Tidewater)
has recently purchased this 1964 Spyder coupe. Although it is no longer
stock (repainted, has 140hp engine), the <A
href="http://members.cox.net/whubbell/Stock Corvair Group/Early 1964/Fisher Body Plate.jpg">body
plate</A> and <A
href="http://members.cox.net/whubbell/Stock Corvair Group/Early 1964/VIN Plate.jpg">VIN
plates</A> indicate it is one of the earliest 1964 Corvairs ever
made.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The serial number is 40627W100926,
the body was made the 1st week of August, 1963 (08A) and the number after WR on
the body plate is 36. This indicates to me that this is the 36th Spyder
coupe and 926th Corvair (of all types) produced at the beginning of the model
year. This has to be one of the oldest surviving 1964
models.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I did not go over the car with a
fine tooth comb as we were outdoors on the grass for a car show, and my leg cast
is not conducive to crawling around in the dirt. However, I did note some
interesting details in the trunk.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">First of all, the <A
href="http://members.cox.net/whubbell/Stock Corvair Group/Early 1964/Driver Corner.jpg">trunk
vent on the Driver's side</A> (near the washer bottle) is not the usual 1964
style, but rather the style of 1961-63 cars. Second, there is <A
href="http://members.cox.net/whubbell/Stock Corvair Group/Early 1964/Passenger Corner.jpg">no
vent on the passenger side</A> (possibly this may have been removed or covered
over during a prior restoration?)</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The trunk lid has no C.O.R.V.A.I.R.
letters, but again, this may represent prior repair work. For those of you
who do not know 1964s, there was a mid-year change in Trunk lids (I don't know
the exact date of the change). The earlier lids used letters that pressed
into clips, just like on the engine deck lid, and had a solid underside.
Apparently this design caused water to be trapped and early rust to from, so the
design was changed to letters with round studs that slipped into round
holes. The deck lid then has access holes on the underside to allow nuts
to be attached to the letter studs. I can take pictures of these
differences at some other time.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyway, I present this car as the
earliest 1964 I have seen. If anybody has an earlier one, please let us
know.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bill Hubbell</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">President, Stock Corvair
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