[NoVa-Corvairs] Corsa refurb

[A.L. CRAMP]

Hey Daniel,

 

If you are not trying to make this thing stock anyway you are better off not putting the wheel trim back on or using 66-69 style.   65 has LOTS of pieces and is quite rare as NOS so it usually goes on a show car.   The 66-69 is easier to find and is less as a repro than the 65.

 

The Corsa Comunique had a good article on using the Sebring seats.  Was awhile back , but I think you can search it as alot of the past Comuniques are availible on the Corsa website.   That article goes through what year seats to look for and what to look for.   Alot of what you would find in salvage are in not great shape, but you can get them recovered,  easier that way.  Especially if they are not the color you need.

 

Gary Segal in the Baltimore Club (Ellicot City)  put a set in His 63 Spyder Convertible.

 

They look less goofy when they are in a convertible.  Easiest way to do a 3 point in the convert.  In a seadan you have somewhere to fasten it.

 

Greg Walthour did a great job putting a 3point set in the front of Red Brier.

 

Is all of your trim messed up?   What pieces do you definitly have to have.

 

You should also check Mr Widmen's website from Bolivia on how he restored his 1960 Corvair trim.   Yours may be good enough to fix, especially if you are patient and do it your self.

 

Hope to see you out and about with the Corsa next year.  -- Lee Cramp
 

> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 11:53:23 -0500
> From: 63redbrier at cox.net
> To: daniel at danielgoldberg.net; novacc-list at corvair.org
> CC: goldie at danielgoldberg.net
> Subject: Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] Corsa refurb
> 
> Daniel: I think Darrin has a FR steering box in one of his 'vairs, so you may want to pick his brain on that mod. The C/Sebring front seats have been raved about in the Corvair community. Try Craig's List... I guess any other modern 'vert seats with built in seatbelts might also work; however, the C/S are a close fit. You have a few months to find some replacements. Good luck! Greg
> 
> ---- "daniel at danielgoldberg.net" <goldie at danielgoldberg.net> wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > �
> > A couple of weekends ago I went up to the Corvair Ranch and checked in on my '65 Corsa 140 convertible.� Jeff and I went over the car and discussed what I wanted done.� Although�it looks awful, structurally it's very sound -- shockingly so.� Jeff was pretty
> > impressed, which is really saying something considering that he's probably pretty jaded by Corvairs.� A couple of days ago Jeff sent me an estimate and I think we're definitely in the same ballpark.� He even thinks he can turn it around by April, although I think June or July is more
> > realistic.
> > - If anyone would like to get rid of�NOS, repro, or very good original trim, please let me know.�
> > - Does anyone have any experience with the Flaming River steering box?� Is this overkill or a sensible upgrade?
> > - How would you go about installing a
> > three-point harness in a late convertible?� At the Ranch, I saw a junked early sedan with the Chrysler Sebring�front seat�retrofit.� Although it looked goofy, I have to admit that it's a sensible upgrade (especially here in the DC metro area, where too many drivers are distracted
> > by their cell phones).
> > Many thanks,
> > daniel
> > �
> 
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