<VV> 63 Spyder air cleaners (again)

Ramon Rodriguez III corvairgrymm at gmail.com
Mon Dec 12 00:37:28 EST 2011


Hiya all,

A couple weeks ago I was inquiring about 63 Spyder's having chrome air
cleaner housings instead of black.  I am now aware of at least one 63'
Spyder that the owner states definitely had a chrome air cleaner housing
from the factory.  Interestingly it is an early 63 car (first week of
February).

This Spyder was built at the Oakland (OA) plant.  I'f anyone else has a 63
Spyder built in Oakland that has a known history I'd really like to hear if
it came with a chrome or black air cleaner housing.  My hypothesis being
that perhaps the OA built Spyders had a chrome air cleaner a year before
the willow run and perhaps van nuys Spyders.

What started this all was that I had seen quite a few 63's with chrome air
cleaners but later learned that the black one was correct for 63.  I now
have one owner who says he can confirm his 63 came with chrome so I'd like
to pursue it a little further.


-- 
Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
Lake Ariel, PA
1966 Corsa 140 coupe (daily driver)
1965 Corsa 180 coupe (under construction)
1965 Corsa 140 coupe (for sale/under construction)
1963 Monza PG coupe (daily driver)
1962 Monza PG coupe (under construction)


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