<VV> '65 Monza 140hp

[shortle]

'67 did not have A/C available w/ the 140HP? But the '67 A/C compressor mounting bracket was the "high mount". Did all the '67 cars come equipped with A.I.R.?
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Corbin <airvair at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Jun 12, 2010 12:39 PM
>To: "HallGrenn at aol.com" <HallGrenn at aol.com>, BobHelt at aol.com, shortle556 at earthlink.net, tony.underwood at cox.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> '65 Monza 140hp
>
>In the LM cars, the 95hp engine was the base engine for the 500's and
>Monzas. The 110hp engine was an option, as was the 140hp engine. The
>exceptions to this is the Corsa which had the 140hp engine standard and the
>turbo optional (which was NOT available on 500's or Monzas), and in '67,
>when the 140hp engine was at first dropped as an option, then reinstated on
>a COPO. Also, the only year a/c was available on the 140hp engine was '66.
>
>All engines were available as crate motors. But it is virtually certain
>that no dealer would swap an engine in a new car with another new car's
>engine. It is also highly unlikely that any dealer would pull an engine
>(unless it was heavily damaged internally) out of a new car and replace it
>with a crate motor. All these situations would be considered unethical
>behaviour by the factory, and would probably result in the dealership
>losing their franchise. The only way such would have happened is if the
>customer owned said car(s) and wanted the work performed by the dealer.
>
>-Mark (grandson of two car dealers)
> 
>
>> [Original Message]
>> Subject: Re: <VV> '65 Monza 140hp
>>  
>> In a message dated 6/12/2010 1:25:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>> BobHelt at aol.com writes:
>>
>> In a  message dated 6/12/2010 10:06:09 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,   
>> shortle556 at earthlink.net writes:
>>
>> My  question: Was an engine  option on the dealer level available or was
>it 
>> ordered  from the  factory ONLY?
>> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado   
>>
>> NO!!!!!!
>> Regards,
>> Bob Helt
>>
>> No to both of Tim's questions or just one?  And which one?  As  the 140
>was 
>> a listed option I've always thought that they were ordered from the  
>> factory by the buyer (unless GM built the car with it and forced it on
>the  dealer 
>> as part of a group of cars).  In early 1967 (late calendar  1966) my
>dealer 
>> didn't show the 140 as an option, but the dealer said they could  get it 
>> (December 1966).  I'm still not sure how one did that until the  option
>was 
>> restored later in the model year.
>>  
>> Bob Hall
>> Group Corvair
>> Corvanatics
>> CORSA
>> 
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