<VV> [FC] Wagon and '61-'63 fc rear license lights

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Thu Jan 10 20:10:15 EST 2013


One fix for the lenses are the 1960 license plate light. it is a glass  
bowl lens it is a pressure fit in the plastic housing and if you have the right 
 sponge rubber gasket makes it almost water tight 
 
Bill Rudolph
Corvair Atlanta
 
 
In a message dated 1/10/2013 1:13:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rmurray8996 at gmail.com writes:

dennis,  also, safe to assume your NOS post housings were plastic?  and  did
your set include gaskets?

thx

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at  12:52 PM, dennis dorogi 
<dfamily at fairpoint.net>wrote:

> When I  was restoring my 63 rampside I bought some NOS license lights from
> an  individual and they came with glass lenses.  So that is what is on  my
> rampside now.  They look fine.
>
> Dennis  D.
> Brocton, NY
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "rod  murray" <rmurray8996 at gmail.com>
>
> To: "Paul Fox"  <paulvair at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "CORVAIR"  <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "CORVANATICS" <
>  corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:08  AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Wagon and '61-'63 fc rear license  lights
>
>
>  thx paul...different year boxes?   maybe the lens was offered one year 
but
>> not the next?  maybe  only for the wagons but not the FC?  also, were the
>> posts  metal or plastic?
>>
>> - rod
>>
>> On  Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Paul Fox <paulvair at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>>
>>  I bought NOS replacements for my  Rampside. Both were in boxes with the
>>> same part number but one  had the glass lens and the other did not.
>>>  Neither
>>> had a gasket as I recall. But who knows someone might  have just wanted
>>> the
>>> lens and left the rest  behind. After all they had been sitting on a 
shelf
>>> for a long  time.
>>> Paul Fox
>>>
>>> --- On *Thu,  1/10/13, Rod Murray <rmurray8996 at gmail.com>*  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Rod Murray  <rmurray8996 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: <VV> Wagon and  '61-'63 fc rear license lights
>>> To: "CORVANATICS"  <corvanatics at corvair.org>, "CORVAIR" <
>>>  virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>>> Date: Thursday, January 10, 2013,  5:44 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> >> Does anyone  know if the original rear license plate light assemblies
>>>  >> on
>>> wagons and Pre-'64 FC's included gaskets and small  glass lenses for the
>>> post openings?  My search to help my  father-in-law find replacement 
units
>>> has sparked a  debate.
>>> >>
>>> >> Input appreciated.  Thx!
>>> >>
>>> >> Rod
>>>  >> '64 greenbrier
>>> >> '66  convt
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