<VV> lakewood questions

MarK Durham 62vair at gmail.com
Thu Sep 4 12:36:25 EDT 2014


I went the Amber bulb route and kept the lenses clear and original.


Mark Durham
Hauser, Idaho
62 Monza coupe Red/Red 4 speed


On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Tom Berg via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> As I recall, all Corvairs had clear parking light lenses and clear bulbs
> until '64, when the lenses became amber. That's how my '62 Monza coupe was.
> But amber was touted as safer, so I bought a kit with an amber liquid that
> coated the inside of the lenses to modernize them.
>
> You could install '64 amber lenses. Or for a stock look but higher
> visibility, you might keep the stock lenses and use amber bulbs.
>
> --Tom in Ohio
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 6:15 PM, Vairtec Corp via VirtualVairs <
> virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> Re front parking/turn lamps:  Clear bulbs in all years.  Clear lenses
> 60-61-62.  Amber lenses 63-69.
>
>
> On 9/3/2014 6:11 PM, J. R. Read via VirtualVairs wrote:
> > Hmmm,  My '61 Rampside has Amber bulbs - which I thought were correct.
> > Later, JR
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank DuVal via VirtualVairs"
> > <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 8:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: <VV> lakewood questions
> >
> >
> >> Clear bulb in 60, 61, and 62. You can use the amber lamps (1157A) to
> >> give the "modern" 63/64 look to your car.
> >>
> >> 67 is common 12 volt license plate lamp.
> >>
> >> Dome lamp requires research, later.
> >>
> >> Frank DuVal
> >>
> >
>
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