<VV> 1963 SPYDER CONVERT ~ model year "transitional" month is August?

[Charlie]

Correct-o-mundo ~ 

NO 1962 Corvair would be built in October of 1962, at which point they'd be
pushing 1963 models in the showrooms, and pushing 1962 models "out the back
door" (which was my point.)

It seems that the original "red herring" in this thread which was positing
October as the "transitional" month, and not August. 

That's where the metaphorical wheels fell off ...

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Blackwell [mailto:bryan at skiblack.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:04 AM
To: Charlie
Cc: 'J R Read'; 'VV'
Subject: Re: <VV> 1963 SPYDER CONVERT ~ dealer's "doors"

The original question was approximately:

"Could a '63 built in October have been built in October '63, or was it
October '62?"

The answer is no.  It doesn't matter if it was sold in 1970, a '63 is still
a '63, and they stopped building them around August.  If we were talking
about a car built in August, however, then you'd look at the VIN to
determine if it were August '62 (very low VIN), or August '63 (high VIN).

--Bryan

On Mar 12, 2013, at 2:26 AM, Charlie wrote:

> Yes, JR ~
> 
> I was referring to "doors" metaphorically, that in October 1963, a "new"
> (leftover) Corvair (or anything for that matter) would have a high "serial
> number" part of the VIN?
> 
> Charlie