<VV> Carburetor Heat System

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

>Most Corvairs did not have summer/winter plates. 
>

See, now we get into a early-late thing again -- were there more earlies 
or more lates?  I'm not looking it up because I don't really care, but

1960's had a switch/valve/whatever in the carb heat tube, which I 
believe I've heard was not originally fitted, but added early in production.

1961-1964 you actually needed to bend the carb heat flaps closed in the 
summer -- duct tape anyone, to get sucked into the fan when the adhesive 
fails?  Perhaps screw a piece of flat tin under the opening?

1965-1969  I, again believing, think the plates were factory on cars 
with the 12 plate oil coolers, and could be put on all the others by 
drilling the fastening hole.  Were there more than one size of these plates?

Somebody out there knows all this stuff for sure, and I hope any errors 
herein will spur corrective remarks.

Thank you,

Bill Strickland