<VV> in early country

[airvair]

Like any perimeter seal, it keeps the hot air that the engine shoves out 
the bottom from being sucked back into the engine. The early design 
sucks bigtime, IMHO. It's replacable, but a royal PITA. That's but one 
of the things they improved on the late models.

-Mark C

Timothy T Werner wrote:

>I am rebuilding my first early, a '61 ramp. (first 2 corvairs were
>'65's).
>I have the drivetrain out, and cleaning up the shrouds so I can move to
>an engine I built a while back. I cannot figure out what the plan was by
>chevy to seal the motor to the body. Are those staples through the sheet
>metal and the fabric "skirt"?
>Did Chevy borrow this idea from airplanes or something?
>Can you replace it? it is all chewed up by mice and ruined by oil and
>heat, just cleaning is not going to do it.
>Tim
>'65 'vert