<VV> VV 46 years since the last Vair was built today - How many were built that day QUIZ

Tue May 19 19:16:46 EDT 2015

Aha! I'm glad it wasn't Wiki that made the goof about 3000 "hand built" '69s and the misinterpretation of the 51 cars a day figure for May 14th. But I'm sorry to hear it was our 69 Group web page instead. I'm copying the Group in the hope it might get fixed.
Thanks,
Dave

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On Tue, 5/19/15, Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: VV 46 years since the last Vair was built today - How many were built that day QUIZ
 To: chevrobilia at yahoo.com
 Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 3:59 PM

 Thanks!  
 Great info!!   But I didn't ask.....  I know I said
 Wiki,  but was from the 69 group webpage

 Matt Nall

 Charleston, Oregon

 http://tinyurl.com/The-Corvair-Patio

 http://tinyurl.com/Matts-Tech-Pages

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 From: David Newell <chevrobilia at yahoo.com>

 To: Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com>; Ed (MKE
 x1231)Thompson <ed.thompson at quarles.com>; Virtual
 Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>

 Cc: Mike Fiscus <corvairmike at hotmail.com>; Stu Shuster
 <sbs69vair at yahoo.com>

 Sent: Tue, May 19, 2015 1:46 pm

 Subject: RE: VV 46 years since the last Vair was built today
 - How many were built that day QUIZ

 Hi Ed and Matt,
 Thanks for asking about the last Corvairs. It sure
 doesn't seem
 like that many years have past!

 I'd refer you both to the book "1969 Corvair
 Finger-Tip Facts" which Mark Ellis and I wrote and is
 still available from
 Clark's. Most of what's currently known about 1969
 Corvair production is
 detailed in the book, and much of it's proprietary from
 my years of research.

 The 51 cars a day figure on Wiki that you refer to, Matt,
 could only have
 come from our book. But whoever posted it took it out of
 context and didn't
 understand how to apply it. That number is the accelerated
 production rate which
 took effect on April 14, 1969 and included two eight hour
 shifts. 

 On May
 14th, the line only ran for 4 hours when it was stopped at
 noon. Then at 2pm it
 was restarted for the press so that 5998, 5999 and 6000
 could be run off the end
 of the line. Although we don't have the exact figure,
 the production for that
 shortened day could have only been 10 to 12 cars at the
 most. It was probably
 less, amid preparations for the press and carefully staging
 the parts for the
 last three cars.

 The other Wiki figure of 3000 '69s being "hand
 built" is
 completely wrong. Again, refer to our FTF book. 2194 cars
 were built on the main
 assembly line with Novas and 3806 were built on the
 miniature line located in
 the Pilot Line area. Car #2194 is listed in the FTF car
 roster. 

 I hope this
 helps!

 Dave   

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 On Fri,
 5/15/15, Thompson, Ed (MKE x1231) <ed.thompson at quarles.com>
 wrote:

  Subject:
 RE: VV 46 years since the last Vair was built today - How
 many were built that
 day QUIZ -- Off-List Reply
  To: "Matt Nall" <patiomatt at aol.com>,
 "David Newell"
 <chevrobilia at yahoo.com>
  Date: Friday, May 15, 2015, 6:33 AM

  Matt- 
  I wasn't horribly off, on my wild guess. 
  Dave Newell,
 what say you?  

  From: Matt Nall
  [mailto:patiomatt at aol.com]

  Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 8:09 PM

  To: Thompson, Ed (MKE x1231)

 Subject: Re: VV 46 years since the last Vair was
  built today - 
  How many
 were built that day QUIZ -- Off-List
  Reply 

  Wiki
  says approx. 51
 last 3000  were
  hand
   built  

 http://www.corvair.org/chapters/69corvair/#production_line

  Matt Nall

  Charleston, Oregon

  http://tinyurl.com/The-Corvair-Patio

 http://tinyurl.com/Matts-Tech-Pages

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  From: Thompson, Ed (MKE x1231) (MKE x1231)
 <ed.thompson at quarles.com>

  To: Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com>

  Sent: Thu,
 May 14, 2015 5:38 pm

  Subject: VV 46 years since the last Vair was built
 today -
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 Matt- 
  I have done no research, but I'm guessing around 30 -
 40
  were built
 on that Wednesday,
  May
  14, 1969. 
   I was drafted (went in the Army) five
 days prior, on May
  9th, my '65 Corsa turbo coupe (new [used] to me, 8/66)

 began its long nap until my return from
   Vietnam. 
  Ed,
  Milwaukee, '66

 Monza
  sedan, 110-glide 

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  Matt
  Nall

  patiomatt at aol.com 

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