<VV> Monza Cloth Interiors

[Joe White]

Kent, Mark, et al,


True, I can pretty much do whatever I want with my 62 sedan, and I'm not going to do a complete restoration because I have upgrades that I want to add to my sedan (Spyder dash, 64 suspension, 65 tele column, dual master cylinder), so it really won't make any difference what I do with the seats. I was more surprised that the car originally had vinyl seats considering that the rear seat was cloth. Probably a previous owner replaced a sun rotted interior with whatever was at hand (the car was originally an Arizona car). I'm still inclined to install a 62 front bench with vinyl and cloth in 735 blue. Won't match the VIN plate, but for my street machine that really isn't an issue. My 64 Spyder, however, will be a full restoration.


Regards,
Joe White (62 sedan, 66 PorVair, 64 Spyder)
CORSA, RMC



-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Sullivan <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sat, Dec 31, 2011 6:10 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> Monza Cloth Interiors


Of course, anyone who wants to lay down Benjamins to Clark's should have the
privilege of buying a cloth interior... But let me suggest that, given the
very low supply of these fabrics (so I am told) that anyone wishing to add a
cloth interior to please select a nice cloth that is not NOS, saving the NOS
material for the very few cars originally equipped with same.

My '66 500 coupe has cloth/vinyl seats, done by a local fabricator. I
ordered Clark's vinyl and sourced the cloth locally. It's been great.
Photos:

http://www.corvairkid.com/101376L113039.htm

Happy New Year,

--Kent
-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Mark Durham
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 5:21 PM
To: Joe White; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Monza Cloth Interiors

Joe, but that doesn't mean you can't add the cloth to your car! My 62
coupe is going to get cloth inserts when I do the seats this spring,
and I'm going to use year specific fabric. Why? I like the way it will
look over the straight vinyl.
Mark. Durham

Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Joe White
Sent: 12/31/2011 15:16
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Monza Cloth Interiors
I just finished reading Dave Newell's excellent article about Monza
cloth interiors in the January/February Corsa Communique. I am
somewhat disappointed to learn that my car did not come with a cloth
interior. Ever since I had purchased the car, I thought that it had
originally had a 735 blue cloth interior because the back seat was
covered in worn/torn blue cloth. After reading Dave's article I ran
out to my car to check the VIN plate. I was expecting to see a 735
trim number, but instead the trim number is 736. So, according to
Dave's article, my car originally came with a blue vinyl interior.
Well at least I have an additional bit of information for my
"restoration."


Regards,
Joe White (62 sedan, 66 Porvair)
CORSA, RMC


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