<VV> Working on the '69 Monza

[LonzoVair at aol.com]

Hey guys and gals,
Just a few quick notes to let ya know I did a little work on the '69... I 
took the kick panels out and cleaned out the front fender wells where all the 
crap from the front air vent sits and rusts the lower fenders... got about 4 cups 
of mush/leaves/twigs and pieces of rusting metal out of it... I knew they 
were full when I first bought it, because I took it to a car was and the floor 
started filling up from the vents being open... a quick push of the knob stopped 
the air flow... and on wet autumn days with the vents open it smelled like a 
mulch factory...
I also ran speaker wires to the rear while I had the door sills out... which 
brings me to a question... I found a PURPLE wire under the passenger door 
sill... and this car (late Feb. 1969) has a large square in the cardboard part of 
the package shelf... dead center... was it the defroster or the rear speaker? 
I thought the radio speaker wire was blue, not purple... anyone know for sure?
I also took the driver's side door panel off to study the reason for the 
window to bee off track... but the window WAS on track... one of the countersunk 
phillips screws had come out of the front of the track, allowing the window to 
get cocked in the door... I felt around in the bottom of the door and found 
the screw... easy fix!
So, now I have a pair of speakers in the rear built into a plywood shelf with 
a period defroster (not hooked up because the motor & bearings needs oiling), 
but I wonder what the proper switch looked like... I'll be using the purple 
wire when I get around to that... and I found out my blower motor is locked up, 
but with the cut down shrouds it really didn't matter (the shrouds are cut 
for headers, which are not on the car now)...
I was quite busy today... and my leg is telling me to take it easy 
tomorrow... I think I'll listen to it.
;-)
You guys take care, and if anyone is certain what color the rear back glass 
defroster wire *should* be, let me know... or a picture of the defroster switch 
would be helpful.
Later,
Lonzo


Lon Anderson in White Mills, KY
CORSA, Corvanatics, Central Kentucky Corvair, Derby City Corvair
Quart Low Quarterly editor
1961 Greenbrier 110/pg, 
1963 Greenbrier 110/4spd.
1964 700 sedan 95/pg
1969 Monza cp 110/pg