<VV> Gas Tank

[Brandon Muzzin]

Thanks Hank!
I forgot to ask in my original email, do you think that a 61 tank would fit 
in a 66? One would never think a junk yard would have a 61 corvair just 
sittin around but my fiancee insisted she call at least ONE junkyard while i 
was looking for a part the other day, and the first one she called had a 61 
sittin there, i was in shock. in any case, do you know if they are 
interchangeable?


>From: <kaczmarek at charter.net>
>To: Brandon Muzzin <overkill11111 at hotmail.com>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> Gas Tank
>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 6:22:13 -0800
>
>---- Brandon Muzzin <overkill11111 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have a 66' Monza coupe that I'm working on, I was wondering if it were
> > possible for the gas tank to rust from the inside out?
>
>Brandon
>They can, and they do. Last one I saw was in my friend Erics' 64. he 
>noticed that the outside of the tank was damp, and the car had been in the 
>garage for a couple of weeks, no way any water was getting inside the 
>garage.
>
>All gas has some water in it, and in cars that sit for long periods, they 
>can rust from the inside out.
>
>  A GM engineer once told me that his dad (also a GM Engineer in the 60's) 
>said the Corvair was originally engineered to last about 10 years before 
>being just about useless.  Of course, we disprove that theory every day.  
>It's engineering was way ahead of its time, but the high cost of the 
>engineering left choices to be  made elsewhere.  That's why Arm Rests were 
>an option on 60 models, for example.  The interiors of the 60&61 models 
>were skimpy compared to what Ford had on the Falcon/Comet and Plymouth had 
>on the Valiant.
>
>Luckily used gas tanks abound, as do new ones.
>
>Hank
>
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