<VV> I am looking for a stock 13" rim, day/night mirror and a right vent glass. for my 1962 Spyder Conv.

Barry Barry at fredericktown.com
Fri Jun 24 08:56:59 EDT 2011


I am starting the restoration of a 62 Spyder Conv.. 
I am looking for a stock 13" rim, day/night mirror and a right vent glass.
I live in Littleton, NC 27850
Barry Elkin
http://www.electriccorvair.com
http://www.electricgvan.com


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Today's Topics:

   1. Placement of 65 Rear Speaker (KMFEAR at aol.com)
   2. Re: Placement of 65 Rear Speaker (HallGrenn at aol.com)
   3. Aftermarket A/C compressor (Jerry Brown)
   4. Re: BRAKE FLUID (N2VZD at aol.com)
   5. Re: early clock (N2VZD at aol.com)
   6. Re: '66 convertible 140, AC, PG (Rodney Spooner)
   7. TESTING - Ignore - Delete (J R Read)
   8. 2nd test - failed the first one - delete (J R Read)
   9. Third Try - ignore (J R Read)
  10. Re: Placement of 65 Rear Speaker and 66 Rear Speaker
      (Sethracer at aol.com)
  11. If this does not work I'll give up for now. (J R Read)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:44:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: KMFEAR at aol.com
Subject: <VV> Placement of 65 Rear Speaker
To: virtualVairs at corvair.org
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Im installing a factory rear speaker in my 65 coupe. Clarks  cardboard has 
the speaker cutout on the passenger side rear (quite smaller than  correct 
speaker). The factory insulation is "perforated: for a speaker in the  
center. Anyone what is correct?

Kevin Fear Jr

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:15:03 EDT
From: HallGrenn at aol.com
Subject: Re: <VV> Placement of 65 Rear Speaker
To: KMFEAR at aol.com, virtualVairs at corvair.org
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Kevin,
 
My '65 Corsa has/had the factory rear speaker option, but the speaker was  
located in a metal, louvered mount in the middle of the rear package  shelf.

 My original '68 Monza with factory AM/FM radio and rear  speaker had the 
speaker mounted on a separate upper cardboard piece that covered  the whole 
back shelf and located the rear speaker in the right (passenger side)
corner 
of the shelf.
 
Bob Hall
Group Corvair
Corvanatics
CORSA


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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:19:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerry Brown <air_cooled63 at yahoo.com>
Subject: <VV> Aftermarket A/C compressor
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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Hi all, I need some help with aftermarket A/C compressor.? I am working on a
65 
with air and the compressor is leaking on the back portion of the
compressor.? 
The part that has 4 studs holding it in place with nuts.? The owner wants to

replace it with the A6 type compressor, and I find that Car Quest has one in

stock that is supposed to work, according to their parts book?.?This is not 
true?information at times.?I know that the Corvair turns in the opposite and
I 
have heard rumors that this generic compressor will work.? I don't know the 
internal workings of a compressor and dont know what would happen if it was 
used.? Can anyone help me out on this?? The owner is a 11 grade student and
has 
just bought her first Corvair.? She loves it.? I want the repair to be done 
right.? 


Jerry Brown

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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:23:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: N2VZD at aol.com
Subject: Re: <VV> BRAKE FLUID
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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it has been said that silicone fluid is a NO NO in ABS brake systems  
because of it's different compressibility? i am sure there is more about it

online.
check with your N A P A /  flaps , that came up just as i retired from  the 
business in the early 90's.
they made a big safety issue over it.
also , i do not add it to a Corvair , without a total rebuild , or at least 
 a total flush of the system with brake clean and air. better off redoing 
it  correctly the first time though.
regards, Tim Colson
 
 

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:34:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: N2VZD at aol.com
Subject: Re: <VV> early clock
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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i found a chrome plated clock in a fancy earlier Jeep Wagon  in a  junkyard 
many years ago , that looked exactly like factory GM units. i put it in  a 
convertible i no longer own. so keep a sharp eye in your junkyard walks.
this one did say "jeep" on the face , but i took it apart and black  
markered over it. you had to really look to see it.  i think it shows up in
some 
of the pictures of my old yellow spyder convert...
regards, Tim Colson

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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:42:59 -0700
From: "Rodney Spooner" <rodneyspooner at corvairgarage.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> '66 convertible 140, AC, PG
To: "'BBRT'" <chsadek at comcast.net>, <k-wildman at onu.edu>,	"'Spencer
	Shepard'" <sshepard3 at hotmail.com>
Cc: 'VV' <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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Is this one of those cast model Corvair convertibles? I thought they were
all 69's. On the other hand, I've bought some of those "it ran when I parked
it 30 years ago" Corvairs and the owners didn't charge any extra for the
mice and nests...maybe that's what he meant...LOL!!!

To get rid of your mice problem...you gotta pay the Pied Piper. 

Vairy truly yours,
Rodney Spooner
Riverside, CA 92501

# # #

"Ken Wildman" <k-wildman at onu.edu>: "Really mice parade car."





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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:11:51 -0500
From: "J R Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: <VV> TESTING - Ignore - Delete
To: "Corvanatics AB" <corvanatics at corvair.org>,	"VirtualVairs AA"
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Later, JR



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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:18:12 -0500
From: "J R Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: <VV> 2nd test - failed the first one - delete
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Later, JR



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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:24:51 -0500
From: "J R Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: <VV> Third Try - ignore
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Later, JR



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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:27:44 EDT
From: Sethracer at aol.com
Subject: Re: <VV> Placement of 65 Rear Speaker and 66 Rear Speaker
To: KMFEAR at aol.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
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KMFEAR at aol.com writes:  
Im  installing a factory rear speaker in my 65 coupe. Clarks cardboard has 
the  speaker cutout on the passenger side rear (quite smaller than correct  
speaker). The factory insulation is "perforated: for a speaker in the  
center. Anyone what is correct?

Kevin Fear  Jr



Kevin - The 65 had no provision for Stereo speakers, because there was no  
true stereo radio option. The AM radio was, of course, mono. They offered a 
rear  speaker option with the AM radio - and the mono-AM-FM radio. That 
option used a  ring around one of the knobs to fade between the front
speaker in 
the middle of  the grille, and the single rear speaker - mounted on a 
bracket in the middle of  the package shelf. In 1965 GM offered an ultra
rare 
almost-stereo  option (dealer only, I believe) - really, I guess
"bi-naural". 
It mounted a  stereo adapter under the dash which had a plug into the bottom

of the radio. It  added some controls on it's faceplate including what was 
really a balance  control between the two channels. One channel was fed back

into the radio  and out to the front speaker, the other was amped in the 
adapter and sent to the  rear speaker. SO that was "sort-of-stereo". In 1966

the dealer option added  another control on the adapter, giving the output -

now to four speakers - a  left-right balance and a front-rear fader control.

This added the "Ugliest  speakers ever" option where the dealer would slice 
into the door and the door  panel to mount the front speakers and (in a 
coupe) add the new rear speaker  shelf - now with the speakers offset left
and 
right to gave a stereo separation  effect. When only the front-rear fader 
option was taken on the 66-up, they used  the passenger side hole and mount,

and of course the original center mount front  speaker. One other peculiar 
note. In the 66-up 4-speakers systems -and in the  equivalent systems in the

other GM cars,  the rear speakers carried the  other side signal - The 
left-rear and the right-front had the right-side Stereo  track, the
right-rear and 
the left-front had the left side stereo track. This  was intended to provide

a stereo effect anywhere you sat in the car. (I feel a  sudden disturbance 
in the force, like dozens of audiophiles are jumping off  of cliffs!) I 
installed a complete factory AM-FM Stereo system into a 66  Corsa - about 40

years ago. I reversed the rears as the instructions said - but  I really
didn't 
notice much of a difference. You have the option, of course to  put the 
speaker any place you want it. If the package shelf already has the  cutout
in 
the right rear - and yes those 66 speakers were smaller than the 65s,  as I 
recall - go ahead and put it there. If it has to be located in the middle  
because a Concours judge would go apoplectic and keel over during the show, 
get  another shelf. I don't think you will hear much of a difference in  
placement, especially if you have decent mufflers on the motor. <grin> -
Have 
fun with it!
 
Seth Emerson


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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:29:50 -0500
From: "J R Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: <VV> If this does not work I'll give up for now.
To: "VirtualVairs AA" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
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Later, JR



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