<VV> Body Dampers

[Roger Gault]

Actually, the "damper" name was a smokescreen for the real purpose, which
was to add weight and decrease the LM convertable performance down near the
level of the '60 to '64 prototypes.  This was done in an attempt to limit
the anger of the "early adopters" who bought Corvairs before the engineering
was perfected.

Roger Gault
'65 "lightened" convert.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <vairologist at juno.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:08 AM
Subject: <VV> Body Dampers


>
>
> > From: "rocky gannon" <rabok67 at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: <VV> weght canisters
>
> > I was looking at the pre puchase checklist just now and  in the
> > special section regarding convertables there was a point concerning
> weight
> > canisters.
> --------------------snip--------------
> Smitty says:  You won't find them in 64s.  Only in the "superior" 65 and
> up convertibles.  The ones that are so flimsey and floppy they had to add
> dampers to keep them from twanging like a 10 penny finishing nail hit
> with a greasy ball pein hammer.
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