<VV> My Corvair isn't Corvair Shaped!

[Frank DuVal]

We worked on (repainted, not restored) a '68 Maseratti Mexico that was 
at least a 1/2" thicker due to liberal amounts of body filler. I was 
reading the club magazines the owner supplied to help with the work and 
found this was NORMAL! The discussion on replacement parts was 
interesting, as sheet metal like doors and fenders were custom fit to 
each car. No two parts the same size...

Our Corvairs are so much easier to work on!

Frank DuVal

Bill Elliott wrote:

>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.
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>I saw 308 with original paint that likely had over 100lbs of filler under 
>it...
>
>Bill
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>----- 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!
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>>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?
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>>Joe R
>>BBRT
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