<VV> A/C Production/AC heads/gaskets

[BobHelt at aol.com]

Hi Tim, 
As far as I know the cylinder base gaskets were never made of copper. There 
 would not be a reason to do so either. Every one I have ever seen was  
apparently steel.   Maybe the confusion comes from the fact that all  very 
early Corvair head gaskets were copper. I'm not sure when the conversion  was 
made to steel, but all 1960-61 head gaskets were copper as far as I know.  The 
thicker base gaskets were used ONLY on the 1966 140 hp engine with  A/C.  I 
forget the thickness but can look it up if need be. (Note that the  1966 
140 hp engine was the only one that had factory air cond.)
Regards,
Bob Helt
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/31/2012 12:08:46 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
shortle556 at earthlink.net writes:

Hi Bob,  Were the cylinder base gaskets (spacers) ever copper? Were the A/C 
cars  thicker? How about turbo cars? Thanks, Timothy Shortle in Durango 
Colorado  81301