<VV> No-option cars, was: Wierd combos on earlies...

[Mark Corbin]

According to GM literature, the lack of door jamb light switches was part
of the 500 "price leader" decontenting plan. There were a number of items
that GM took out of the 500 in order to lower the price on it, and that was
one of them.

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: <tkalp at cox.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; Tony Underwood <tony.underwood at cox.net>
> Date: 6/15/2010 12:22:14 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> No-option cars, was:  Wierd combos on earlies...
>
> My '65 500 4-door has no domelight switches for the doors, it was a radio
delete car also. 95hp PG.
>
> At least the LM 500 2 dr.s had rear quarter windows that roll up and
down, unlike the '63 500 coupe with fixed quarter windows that is at the
Kalp shop for Cancer treatment.
>
> tkalp
> wichita, ks
>
>
> ---- Tony Underwood <tony.underwood at cox.net> wrote: 
> > At 09:22 AM 6/14/2010, Mike Stillwell wrote:
> > 
> > >  One of my favorite customer cars was a '65 500 coupe Tuxedo Black 
> > > with a teal interior. It had no options, except a spare tire lock. 
> > > It was a radio delete car and had no exterior mirrors, until some 
> > > were added years later. Bench seat with no seats belts, but with 
> > > the 95/3 it was fun to drive.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I've noted that the blue '67 coupe here is a total stripper, 
> > 95/3sp.   No radio, no nuthin.   It doesn't even have door jamb 
> > domelite switches.
> > 
> > 
> > The question is:
> > 
> > Just how many total strippers were built, percentage-wise?   One 
> > doesn't often see even taxi-cab 'Vairs that don't even have a 
> > radio.   Was it customary for 500s in '67 to have no domelite jamb 
> > switches?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > tony..   
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