<VV> Win some Corvair spending money by identifying Fisher Body tag accessory codes

Kent Sullivan kentsu at corvairkid.com
Sat Nov 19 01:49:36 EST 2005


(sending same message to Stock Corvair Group, Virtual Vairs, FastVair, and
Corvanatics; likely will also be sent to the Communique)

Hi folks,

A small group of us have done a lot of research over the past several years
to decode the Fisher Body tag accessory codes for 1963, 1965, 1966, and
1967. Other years are also in the works. (The codes were not used after
1967.) However, there are some codes which we still need to either identify
or confirm.

The problem is that these codes tend to be for uncommon options. They also
tend to be on types of Corvairs that folks are not saving, at least not
significant numbers. It's become clear to me that we are in a "now or never"
situation--there are very few of the types of cars we need to see left and
even these will be gone soon. So we need to all work together now before
it's too late. There is no other source for this info other than the cars
which remain.

Here's something to sweeten the deal: If you provide conclusive evidence to
define any of the codes below (except the ones marked "confirm"), you will
receive a $20 gift certificate to the Corvair vendor of your choice. You can
win as many $20 certificates as codes that you define conclusively. Each
question has only one gift certificate associated with it so first come,
first served. If you provide conclusive evidence on any item marked
"confirm", you get a $10 gift certificate. Bonus: If someone beats you to a
$20 code but you are the second person, you will get a $10 certificate for
confirming it.

Note: I reserve the right to correct any mis-statements below about what we
are looking for. I checked the list twice but there is always a chance that
I did not describe a particular item accurately.

Many of the candidate cars are likely not in very good shape and are not
often cars you will see at car shows. So, what I am asking is that you
dig--visit people who you know have a bunch of Corvairs squirreled away on
their property or people who part out cars for a living. Yes, I would love
it if a crew would volunteer to visit the Corvair Ranch, for example. But I
am also talking about those folks who we all know live way out of town
somewhere and they have 20+ Corvairs just sitting around in the weeds.

With winter approaching it may not be feasible for all of you to get this
done right away. But for those who live in warmer climates, please get the
ball rolling!

The data we are looking for is on the last line of the Fisher Body tag,
which is in the engine compartment on the rear frame rail. Remember that
cars built at Willow Run and Van Nuys (Los Angeles) have numerical
separators between the groups of option codes, except for the first group
("1" is omitted).

What you will need to do is to take pictures of the Fisher Body tag and of
the option(s) of interest.

Here is what we are looking for:

1963
====
* Any non-Monza with a factory fold-down rear seat. (confirm)
* Any car with L in group 1. (confirm)
* Any car with a factory rear seat speaker. (confirm)
* Any car with a Y in group 2. (confirm)
* Any car with a P in group 3. (confirm)
* Any car with factory heater delete.
* Any 700-series sedan with factory rear door armrests.
* Any Oakland car with a K code.
* Any Oakland convertible with a factory power convertible top.

1965
====
* Any car with factory non-deluxe rear seat belts.
* Any car with G in group 5.
* Any car with factory deluxe rear seat belts.
* Any car with factory heater delete. (confirm)

1966
====
* Any model 500 sedan with factory rear door armrests.
* Any Los Angles model 500 sedan with factory headrest bench front seats.
* Any car with factory deluxe front shoulder belts. (confirm)
* Any car with factory seat belt delete (exported cars only). (confirm)

1967
====
* Any sedan with factory non-deluxe rear center seat belt.
* Any car with factory heater delete. (confirm)
* Any car with factory rear seat speaker. (confirm)
* Any car with factory non-deluxe front shoulder belts.
* Any car with factory seat belt delete (exported cars only). (confirm)

I hope you find this fun. It's also very important historical research that
we have to NOW if we are ever going to get the answers!

Thanks,

--Kent




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