<VV> Corsa VS Monza VS 500 air grill

[J R Read_HML]

My source, you want to know my source?  You don't trust me?

I don't know if I'm allowed to divulge.  Oh, what the hey....

Actually, I was also under the impression that Monza could have silver or 
body color in the grill area UNTIL I asked Dom Perino about it.  I was 
guessing that it might be a factory specific thing or possibly even a day of 
the week built thing - like a rush to get the cars out and no time to put 
the silver on (I assume) over the body color.  Or, somebody accidentally put 
a 500 one on a Monza every so often.  They appear to me to have been painted 
off the car.

Anyway.....

Dom (and Rich Carroll) have over a dozen Vairs (I've lost count - I think it 
is getting close to 20) together and at least a couple of them are still in 
original (factory) paint - competing in factory stock class and some have 
been restored to stock.  So, Dom (who does most of the work) knows what he 
is talking about since he researches carefully when going for a stock 
restoration.  His license plate on his daily driver is "Mr NOS".  On top of 
that, he also worked for lclc for a few years and I sure he picked up quite 
a few tips there.  I believe that Larry typically oversees the concurs 
judging at national conventions, so HE must know stock from non and I'm sure 
that at least some of that knowledge was passed along to Dom.

So, my answer (the short one) to you inquiry is - Dom said so.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mhicks130 at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corsa VS Monza VS 500 air grill


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> 500 = body color on entire air grill
> Monza = "Argent" silver in grill portion
> Corsa = Bright metal (aluminum?) Inserts
>
> On a repaint, the Monza grill area often ends up body color.
>
> Attachments (if any) are scanned with anti-virus software.
>
> Later, JR
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>
> I appreciate your inputs on this JR, I really do, but I would appreciate 
> it more if you could provide some reference for these statements.  Even if 
> it's just "years of personal observation".  Otherwise I kind of have to 
> assume it's just an opinion.  I originally started this thread in an 
> attempt to eliminate opinions and get to the facts, just the facts.
>
> This silver in the Monza grill is new to me.  The car I bought in April is 
> a '65 Monza and it has its grill slot area painted silver (just the slots, 
> not the indented area around them).  I thought this was a mistake and was 
> going to someday "fix" it.  Sounds like I don't need to.
>
>
> Thanks JR and all VV'ers contributing to this - sorry to those who aren't 
> interested.
>
> mike
>