<VV> steering wheel and convertible towing

J R Read_HML hmlinc@sbcglobal.net
Sun, 4 Jul 2004 22:42:34 -0500


I got a windshield out of a convert in the middle of a field.  It had sat so
long the engine was on the ground (in it really) and there was NO floor at
all.  Had to first chase some snakes out of the tall grass around the car.
The upper windshield chrome had slid down and was resting on the wipers.
Just picked the chrome up and then the windshield.  It offered no resistance
at all.

There was not much on that car worth saving, but I do have a few pieces of
it still around.  Had to clean that windshield for a week to get rid of the
marks where the wiper blades had set for who knows how long.

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Kalp" <tkalp@cox.net>
To: <Sethracer@aol.com>; <dnaisaac@sympatico.ca>; <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> steering wheel and convertible towing


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Sethracer@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> steering wheel
>
>
> <Smit>
>
>  If you are trying to bolt-on a complete 64 wood wheel
> > assembly to your 66, my advice would be to sell it to an eager 64 owner
> and buy
> > another complete 66 Corvair! (64 wood wheels are scarce.) - Seth Emerson
> > _______________________________________________
>
> Just to show you how far some '64 owners will go to get a '64 wood wheel:
> This morning AeroNed and I hitched up the car trailer to the Woodie wagon
> and drove four hours to Oakley, Kansas to pick up a parts '64 Convertible,
> because it had a factory wood wheel adapter.  After we found the address
in
> Oakley and met the seller, he said the car was stored in a pasture, where
he
> keeps all his "collector cars".   We followed the seller out of town on a
> couple miles of pavement, then turned on a sand road for awhile and
stopped
> in front of what was obviously the city landfill. Ned and I joked about
> pulling the car out of  landfill . . . until the seller opened the gate .
.
> . to the adjacent pasture and led us down a pair of ruts to a little
valley
> between the landfill and a large feedlot.  According to Ned the valley was
> really a "Holler" and that the Lone Haranguer would back him up.
>
> Since this is a parts convertible there was a top frame but no fabric . .
.
> but it was complete with drivetrain.  Remembering all the discussions on
VV
> about trailering a convertible it took awhile to decide which direction to
> load the car for the 4 hour 70 mph trip home. The decision was made to put
> the top frame down and load the convertible on backwards, it should pull
> fine . . . but we were risking blowing out the windshield.  Cutting out
the
> windshield was discussed, but we decided to "live-on-the-edge" and test
the
> theories.  Starting out slow . . . we gradually built up to 70 mph, the
> windshield stayed put for the entire trip home.  It should be noted that
it
> was a still day with no wind (unusual in Kansas), there was a two foot
> square hole in the driver's floorboard the released some of the air
> (according to AeroNed) and the windshield rubber was hard, but not
brittle.
> Has anyone had a windshield blow out while towing a Corvair convertible
> backwards (maybe more likely with a LM?)
>
> Terry Kalp
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