<VV> Corvair engine date code

[Tony Underwood]

At 09:20 PM 10/13/2010, shortle wrote:
>I just picked up a '65 Monza 4 door (Free-you know what it looks 
>like). This car has a tag on the inside of the front carpet that 
>says "January 19,1965". The engine deck lid emblem is 110. The 
>engine code is "T1109RH". This engine also has the big bolt heads. I 
>am wondering if this may be the original engine for this car?


Most likely.


>Did Chevrolet have an engine sitting around for a couple of months 
>before they mated it to the car?


Yep.


>Did any '65's come equipped with the big bolt heads? Anyone?


All '65 Corvairs I ever saw had the big bolt heads.


>This car also came equipped with the Evening Orchard paint which 
>still looks quite nice (on the inside of the trunk lid).


Is it saveable?   Lately it seems that 4-doors are getting scarce; 
nobody seems to be saving any of them anymore.



tony..