<VV> rear spoiler LM Corvair
John David Thomson
jdavethomson at shaw.ca
Mon Jun 2 13:10:32 EDT 2008
You can make your own with some effort. See the attached photo link for one I made from a 71 Firebird 3 piece spoiler. I cut the ends and fibreglassed the unit together to end up with a one piece that fits nicely on to the back of my V8Vair.
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/view/4122067794-1212425936-67528/
Dave.....68 Kelmark V8Vair, 66 Corsa 140-4 Vert..
----- Original Message -----
From: Sethracer at aol.com
Date: Sunday, June 1, 2008 10:25 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> rear spoiler LM Corvair
To: corvette at velocity.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org, fastvair at yahoogroups.com
>
> In a message dated 6/1/2008 4:09:55 PM Pacific Daylight
> Time,
> corvette at velocity.net writes:
>
> clarks has one for $194.45 , would one off a Camaro fit a
> 65 , if so from
> what year , Thanks !
>
>
>
> The problem/issue with the late model Corvair is that the body
> line drops
> down just before the rear cutoff and the rear area is concave,
> as well as
> narrowing in the middle. On the Camaro, the line extends to the
> rear panel, which
> is flat across. I see the Camaro tail as a simpler and less
> elegant design -
> thank you GM styling! But it means the camaro mis-matches in two
> planes -
> horizontal, where it isn't steep enough for the Corvair
> and longitudinal, where
> the ends do not "bend back" to match the rear cove of the
> Corvair. If you
> look at it from a practical point, GM, when adding the
> optional 67-69 Camaro
> Rear Spoiler, just copied the Yenko Stinger, except for
> the "Plain" rear end of
> the Camaro. As far as adding a wing design to the rear of
> the Corvair, the
> only place the Corvair could use it is on the roof! (and
> not at the back of
> the roof.) Unless you have the front end of the Corvair
> glued down to the road,
> you don't want to induce and more rear traction. Of
> course, you can bolt on
> a "Rice wing" see _www.riceboypage.com_
> (http://www.riceboypage.com) for
> examples - mostly bad examples! - Seth Emerson
>
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