<VV> Warranty

[MarK Durham]

Maybe that is why the first owner of my first 62 Corvair Coupe 900 traded
the car in to a Ford dealer, at 44K miles with burnt exhaust valves? No
Warranty?

But there was a tech bulletin fix he didn't take advantage of.

My Dad got it off the back lot for $400 on 1967, I bought a gasket set, 6
updated exhaust valves, and did a valve job in High School auto shop. Those
heads were still running great at 220K miles when I sold it, althought I
had to split the case at 120K miles due to a cam gear failure. So it got
new main/rod bearings, rings, cam and gear, lifters, that was it.

Who needs a warranty? They were very durable cars if a little care was
given.

There were two failures I could attribute to the Factory on that first car.
The poor fiber quiet cam gear design, and the rear Generator bracket
design. That heavy bracket cracked and broke, the generator wagged, the
belt came off. Left my girlfriend now wife stranded coming home from WSU
one Friday night. She caught a ride from another passing student, told me
what happened, I got the parts, we went back on Sunday afternoon, I fixed
it, and she drove it back to school.

Oh, there was that time all the electrical wiring in the engine compartment
caught on fire along the battery box area. I suspected the ignition
resister wire in the bundle. It was easy to just replace the wiring
harness, though.

But I never had any trouble with the body, Just the usual tune ups, lube
jobs, carb kits, rear wheel bearings one time, brakes and tires.

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

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Dusty Steinberg via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

>
> The 50,000 mile warranty started on all 1967 GM cars, and was carried
> through the 1968 model year.  After that, they reverted back to the 24
> month 24,000 mile warranty.
> Paul in CT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: shortle via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >Sent: Mar 4, 2015 4:31 PM
> >To: "Rnojunkmail at aol.com" <Rnojunkmail at aol.com>, "
> virtualvairs at corvair.org" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >Subject: Re: <VV> Warranty
> >
> >
> >I suspect that information is not correct. Maybe 12 month/12,000 miles?
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Rnojunkmail at aol.com via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >>Sent: Mar 4, 2015 2:16 PM
> >>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >>Subject: <VV> Warranty
> >>
> >>While reading about the corvair on wikipedia, I noticed they had 50,000
> mile warranties.  Maybe I'm still covered.
> >>
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