<VV> Paint/rust question (Now Painted Wheels)

[RKAT]

My 61 700 was all original, including paint. The wheels were body color.
Another Corvair mystery? I read something on this a little while ago.
Cannot find it. grrrrr

 

 

Ron Tinkham

http://www.ronsjeepjunk.4t.com/

Pine Tree Corvairs (in the works)

66 Corsa Convertible, 140, 4sp

Maine

 

My understanding is that the 500's got body color wheels, everybody else
got
black.
 
Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1@earthlink.net
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <RoboMan91324@aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 1:55 PM
Subject: <VV> Paint/rust question (Now Painted Wheels)
 
 
> I believe that I saw on VV that most of the wheels were painted the
body
> color of the car they were on.  Is this correct?  If true, I would
think
that this
> would be a logistical problem if the car and the wheels weren't
painted at
> the same time.  Using different types of paint and trying to match
colors
would
> add to the problem.  Does anybody have the story?
>
> Doc
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> In a message dated 12/25/2004 8:48:04 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:
>
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 17:58:27 -0800
> > To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
> > From: Tony Underwood <tonyu@roava.net>
> > Subject: Re: <VV> <VV>Paint/rust question
> >
> > At 08:58 hours 12/25/2004 -0600, James & Erin Marispini wrote:
> > >Tony,
> > >Thanks ! You are so right! Yes the paint BEHIND the hubcaps that
you
arent
> > really meant to see is enamel. Why do you suppose they used it
there?
guess
> > it might be hard to rub out if it was laquer maybe.
> > >                 Jim
> >
> >
> > I'm not entirely sure, but I think that some other division
manufactured
the
> > wheels and painted them.
> >
> > Any GM gurus know the whole deal with wheels?    Chrysler was having
Kelsey
> > Hayes make some of their specialty wheels for them like the
Magnum-500
and
> > "Demon" rally wheels etc.      Maybe GM did something similar...?
> >
> > tony..
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