[FC] Re: WC: New engine door panel for FC

[Merv Krull]

Would the lens be easy enough to re-invent or replace with something more durable? Has anyone done something really inventive out there?
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kent Sullivan 
  To: corvairs at cybrus.net 
  Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:07 PM
  Subject: RE: WC: New engine door panel for FC


  Just FYI--this change was made in '64 so all three FC models that year had the new design. (Loadsides were discontinued after 1962.)

  The door is fiberglass, probably to keep tooling costs down since production volume was not very high at that point.

  Finding a door is not too hard, Merv. The harder part is finding the lens that sits above the license plate in a cutout on the top lip of the door. These get brittle due to engine heat, oil, UV, etc. and are often broken/gone.

  --Kent



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  From: corvairs-owner at cybrus.net [mailto:corvairs-owner at cybrus.net] On Behalf Of Merv Krull
  Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 9:56 PM
  To: corvairs at cybrus.net; corvanatics at corvair.org
  Subject: WC: New engine door panel for FC


  Hi folks!

  I was looking through my pics of the CORSA convention in Portland and started noticing how nicely the licence plate is recessed in the engine door panel on the 65s.

  Hmmm I says to myself.... I wonder if there are any spare doors kicking around out there to put on my 62?

  Let me know if you have one.....

  toodles
  Merv Krull
  Salmon Arm BC