<VV> 1969 build quality

[Borrrris at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/22/2007 11:37:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
gojoe283 at yahoo.com writes:

By  looking at the Corvair Body manual, you notice that
the Corvairs came from  Fisher pretty complete, missing
the drivetrain, suspension, steering  components, etc.
but mostly complete otherwise, with emblems,  molding,
carpeting, etc. already installed.

Therefore, if it's a  body component that's incomplete,
you're right that it's at Fisher not  Chevrolet.  It
would be most interesting to observe how Fisher  put
those Corvair bodies together!



VERY interesting observation, Bill. 
While we know about the Corvair "short line" on the Chevy side,  what about 
the Fisher body side in '69? Were the relative handful of Corvair  bodies being 
built under improvised conditions there too? I've never heard any  discussion 
of that. 
Very interesting connection here to the story Smitty posted about a  'Vair 
with seam sealer deliberately misapplied where it was most critical,  across the 
widshield plenum. A friend of nine bought a ChevyII new, which from  day one 
leaked like a sieve onto the front floor when it rained.  They  ended up 
having to disassemble the front of the car to seal the windshield  plenum. The 
service manager at the dealership told him that there was no sealer  there at all 
from the factory.
Sounds like quality control issues at WRN Fisher Body would be  interesting 
to learn more about.
  Matt from L.I. ('66 Monza coupe 110  PG)



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