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

[lonwall@corvairunderground.com]

Bob - According to the factory all 1965-67 140hp cars with air 
conditioning came with .022 thick copper barrel to block gaskets. These 
were made of copper but the only place copper was used in a barrel to 
block gasket - Lon



On 5/31/2012 12:52 PM, BobHelt at aol.com wrote:
> 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
>
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