<VV> My Corvair isn't Corvair Shaped!

[Bill Elliott]

In the 1970's, the quality of the steel and stampings used by Italian car 
companies was so bad that for the higher end cars (Ferrari for sure) they 
would put a whole layer (more than what I would call a "skim coating") on 
the car then sculpt the body they wanted.

I saw 308 with original paint that likely had over 100lbs of filler under 
it...

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Robbins" <therobbins82 at gmail.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 15:35
Subject: Re: <VV> My Corvair isn't Corvair Shaped!


> There is nothing wrong with a skim coating of quality filler, most of it
> gets sanded off anyway. All the big name hot rod builders use it so why
> can't we?
>
> Joe R
> BBRT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of peter koehler
> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 10:38 AM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> My Corvair isn't Corvair Shaped!
>
> Reading Hank's latest post re: his body working skills
> reminds me the "other" Fitch Sprint that I "had" to take
> to get to the white '66 that CPF now owns. The package
> deal included a maroon 1965 Corsa coupe that was slated to
> be the "Works" race car. Seems that somewhere along the
> way the passenger's rear quarter panel was flattened and
> then re-shaped. The word "creative" comes to mind. Since
> my plan was to restore this car first and then sell it to
> finance the white car's resto the wavy quarter needed to
> be fixed. My solution was simple. I ordered a new quarter
> panel from Chevrolet! Cost me $107 as I recall. You can't
> even call it N.O.S. It was just in-stock at the warehouse.
> This was around 1979 or so. A buddy from work who was the
> Fisher Body Field Rep came over to the house during the
> Christmas break and in less than one afternoon had the old
> panel cut off - the new one brazed in - and the "C" pillar
> seems filled with lead. Just like they did at the factory?
> This guy was an artist! The rest of my bodywork wasn't
> anywhere near as good as his panel replacement.