<VV> Water from carb base/ & 1/4 panel interchange

[Ron]

You're right on that!  Fender skirts that fit a sedan won't go on a station 
wagon.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Ziegler" <dziegler3 at comcast.net>
To: "Tony Underwood" <tony.underwood at cox.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Water from carb base/ & 1/4 panel interchange


> Then why are the rear wheel openings different???
>
> Dave.. .
> On Jul 5, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Tony Underwood wrote:
>
>> At 12:59 PM 7/5/2009, David Houston wrote:
>>> My neighbor and fellow corvair owner recently purchased a 1962 Monza
>>> SW that had borne the brunt of a lifetime of  NE winters.
>>> Mechanically it runs well but he showed me what he thought was a
>>> fuel leak at the base of the carburetor and intake manifold. It was
>>> water, not fuel, that was running out the base. We removed both
>>> carbs for a rebuild and discovered that a butyl/gasket compound was
>>> used on a prior removal/rebuild. Is this water a common byproduct of
>>> the combustion process or caused by the lack of gaskets?
>>
>>
>> Water was *in the carbs*??    I have no ideas on how it got there
>> unless it was deposited there by mis-hap.
>>
>>
>>> Secondly, the left rear 1/4 panel is rusted out very badly from the
>>> wheel well to the bumper. I looked at the 1/4 panel of a 1962 700
>>> sedan donor car. It appeared that the sedan panel will replace the
>>> stationwagon panel. Are we correct on this observation?
>>
>>
>> Yes.    All the wagon sheetmetal below the beltline outside of the
>> tail light areas and rear hatch/cove is shared with the '61 sedans.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> tony..
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