<VV> RE: endangered unit bodys

[Louis C. Armer, Jr.]

What you are referring to is what we would call a total
ground-up restoration. However what Chuck S is decsribing
would be called a complete "Factory stock restored" restoration
and many many Corvairs have been totally restored but not to
"Factory" specs. Do not use any "bedliner" material on your
40 year old unit body car. This will prevent breathing on the
areas that normally trap water or moisture and you would end up
with a Rhino exoskeleton and nothing else.

Chuckster
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  11:33 AM 7/12/04 -0400, you wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cepak, Tom A [mailto:tom.a.cepak@lmco.com]
>
>  .... am I totally out of my mind and wishfully thinking?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom
>
>Yes!  <VBG>
>
>No, you aren't. Yes, I think you can do it depending on what you mean by
>"total restoration".  A total restoration does not include Rhino stuff on
>the car.  Some folks, not implying you, mind you, think "total restoration"
>means repairing rust, more or less, getting a good paint job, spraying wheel
>wells putting an engine together and maybe driving it.
>
>A total restoration truly means taking the entire car inside and out, top
>and bottom, to bare metal, replacing any questionable sections with exactly
>the same shape pieces as stock, welding them in correctly as stock was,
>priming and painting with proper overspray, etc. such that the car is as new
>from the factory.  Similarly, all of the fittings on the engine are as came
>from the factory, with matching numbers for date of mfg. etc. fit the VIN
>and ID tags of the car.
>
>So, Tom, what you want is a very fine driver car, rust proofed so you can
>rely on the integrity of the bottom of the car, etc.  You talk to a modified
>engine which is not necessarily the correct engine.  Fine.  All that is
>wonderful and laudable.  Yes, you can do what you want for less than $15K.
>You can find such a car, repair it as required, and drive the hell out of it
>for significantly less than the amount you mentioned.
>
>I suggest you buy someone's very nice car that is ready for you to drive and
>improve, by paying special attention to those areas you think you need to.
>I suggest you can do that, still have work to do on it but not so much and
>can spend more time with your wife!  You have two winners there!
>
>Good Luck
>
>Chuck S
>YS73
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