<VV> Brake shoes

[Rick & Janet Norris]

I'll go ahead and say it. If you order from the Corvair vendors you will not 
have your time and effort wasted by incorrect parts. Your car being a turbo 
has nothing to do with what brake shoes you need. The parts dude is a 
typical moron who probably drives a Tojo wagon and thinks it's a real car!

Rick



> Continuing the brake job on my '65 Corsa coupe, I decided that it could 
> use a new set of brake shoes. I went to the local auto supply store 
> (Schuck's) and started out with the front shoes. They asked what type of 
> car, I replied "1965 Chevrolet Corvair," and then they asked if it was 
> turbo or not. Mine is a turbo, so my reply reflected this fact, and the 
> sales associate returned with a box of brake shoes which I took home and 
> installed without any problems. I didn't think that the fact that my car 
> was turbocharged would make a difference, since Clark's sells the same 
> brake shoes for all years of car regardless of whether they're turbo. 
> However when I returned a few days later for the rear shoes and requested 
> the ones for the same vehicle, they handed me a box of shoes that were 
> completely incorrect for my car. They were enormous and didn't have 
> provisions for attaching the emergency brake lever. I returned them 
> because I figured they had just grabbed the wrong set, but they informed 
> me that these were the correct shoes listed! Has this ever happened to 
> anyone else? Did it make a difference that I said it was turbo?
>
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