<VV> Re: VirtualVairs digest, Vol 1 #33 - 13 msgs

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In a message dated 2/12/2004 11:29:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:

> OK I'm asking the experts. I recently purchased a 63 Monza coupe with 
> factory 
> AC. The car has been through a few owners and somewhere along the line it 
> was 
> changed to look like a 64.Everthing,including interior, trim,rear 
> suspension, 
> taillights etc are 64. The engine lid has the holes for the crossed flags, 
> but no other holes for the Corvair nameplate. On close inspection none were 
> filled, drilled or moved. The front panel has a 64 grille bar but again no 
> holes 
> for the 63 triangle emblem, nor does it appear to ever to have had any. 
> Wouldn't a factory AC car have the 95 horse engine, thus no crossed flags? I 
> can see 
> the lid being changed but to what? Thoughts?
>   Ed Bittman, St. Petersburg, Florida
> 

Ed,
  Check to see if the firewall has the hole for the differential fluid check 
tube.  If it does and it looks factory (not torched out) then likely the body 
is a '64 and a serial plate switch has been done.   If not then I'd suspect 
front end body panel replacement has been performed at some time on an original 
63 body.  All this under the assumption that your serial number is a '64.  The 
only explaination I have for the engine lid is that it's a replacement panel 
from GM to replace an original.  All engine lids that came attacted to new EM 
Corvairs had holes in them besides the HP emblem holes.  '60 had "Chevrolet" 
in lettering, '61 had "Corvair" in a triangular plate, 62-63 had "Corvair" in 
lettering...same emblem as on a '60 front fender and '64 had the separate 
"Corvair" block lettering.  GM would have supplied a new replacement engine lid 
without any holes allowing the body shop to drill the holes wherever needed.  
Hope this helps.

Bruce Webster