<VV> Black 63 Spyder Aircleaners

[Ramon Rodriguez III]

Fair enough Smitty,

     I want to know just for the sake of knowing.  I myself don't have much
interest in factory stock cars, but I do like to know as much as I can
about the history and year to year changes of Corvairs.  This was a topic
about which I found there was a lot of contradictory opinion, and I
resolved to do my best to learn the truth of the matter.

     I don't care who upgrades to chrome, I'm the last person in the world
who will criticize someone for customizing their car to taste.  What I do
care about is being able to give an answer I'm at least reasonably
confident in when someone asks the question.

     Fear not, I'm pretty much finished beating this dead horse as I've now
collected enough information to feel I have an answer that is at least
reasonably accurate.  If anyone has any data to ad please feel free to send
it to me off list.


Ray R.





On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Smitty <vairologist at cox.net> wrote:

> Smitty Says;  Curiosity is one thing, but really how important is it to
> know
> whether they were all painted or chrome unless you are having a problem
> with
> the classifier at a National Convention concours.  Who cares?  What is in
> it
> for you?
> Years ago in the Early days of CORSA NC there was a man with a 63 convert
> he
> was showing in the "stock, original" class.  He had bought the car new and
> it had never been to a mechanic.  It had a 64 type Mag fan on it.  He and
> the classifying judges were upset almost to the point of fisticuffs over
> whether the fan was stock on the car.  Outside of that gentleman and the
> small group of dissenting judges, who really cares and how important is it
> to make a liar out of him.  Do I think the fan was original.  Yes.    Do I
> know if a number of chrome 64 aircleners made it onto some 63s ?  No!  Do I
> think it is necessary to go on and on about the subject when nobody can
> prove one way or the other?  No.
> I am sure the Chrome aircleaner was one of the first visual upgrades a 63
> owner would make after he saw the 64s.  I would have (and did) on all my
> Early Spyders.
> One can collect all the data from the liers, posers, the well intentioned,
> etc. he wants to, but unless he can track that one car from the assembly
> line to today's owner, it still stands that 63 Spyders had painted
> aircleaners.
>
>