A rolling time warp; was Re: <VV> Purchased an NOS Corvair Delco Model 556 Battery

[whubbell at cox.net]

Just a friendly reminder that CORSA Concours judges only on appearance, not on originality.  Originality only matters if you are trying to get classified as a Stock car.  After the classification (which carries no points, by the way) it makes no difference what it looks like, only how nice it looks.

However, if your really care about originality, join the Stock Corvair Group!

Bill Hubbell
SCG President

> 
> From: Tony Underwood <tonyu at roava.net>
> Date: 2005/12/12 Mon PM 06:25:59 EST
> To: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
> CC: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: A rolling time warp; was Re: <VV> Purchased an NOS Corvair
> 	Delco Model 556 Battery
> 
> At 11:17 hours 12/12/2005, Bryan Blackwell wrote:
> >Use a type 51.  Positive post out the hole where the original goes, 
> >a copper buss bar to connect the negative post to the post out the 
> >top of the case.  Could easily pass a casual inspection.
> >
> >--Bryan
> 
> 
> Thought about that.   The 51 remains kinda wide though.   The 53 was 
> really a narrow battery which would have some issues hiding a 51 
> inside its housing... but a late Vair original Delco tar-top wouldn't.
> 
> The early Vair battery case *will* hide one of those high current 
> "booster" batteries that can easily start a Vair, no problems, would 
> work nicely for shows etc, for that last N'th degree concourse 
> point...  ;)   ...which could well happen; I recall another show 
> somewhere with two '60s vintage Chevys (Camaros I think) that tied in 
> their class, resulting in a "judge-off"...  the car still fitted with 
> its original style T3 headlights got the nod.
> 
> An early Vair sporting a functional stock appearing type 53 Delco 
> battery could garner some extra attention, I bet.    And unless 
> somebody removed it to see the hole in the bottom where the poser 
> battery was fitted, nobody would know the difference.
> 
> 
> 
> ...my early stuff uses 51s; concourse for them is a distant fantasy.   ;)
> 
> 
> tony..  
> 
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