<VV> Body Transplant

[Shaun]

Did John end up selling his '64 CDN Spyder cvt. that he had for sale? If so
I'd like to update the registry.
Shaun
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan East" <sgeast at interlog.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 4:55 PM
Subject: <VV> Body Transplant


> From: "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf at msn.com>
>
>
>
> Is there anyone on the list who has taken a Corvair body (no power train,
no
> brakes, no suspension, no interior) and "inhabited" it with Corvair
running
> gear to create a whole Corvair?
>
>      If so, please raise your hand and tell us what it cost, and what you
> consider it to have been worth.
>
>      It sounds to me as though it could be more-difficult than repairing
> SOME rust damage, even IF you have all the right parts to completely
outfit
> the new body right on hand (say, in the car whose body is being replaced).
>
>
>
> Answer.
>
> Not once, not twice but going on three times
>
> The mayor of Oshawa Ontario took a 64 coupe and pieced it back together;
it
> was in Williamsburg for the Convention. Having sold that, he rescued a 66
> Canadian Corsa Convertible which had to be taken apart that far to restore
> it. It's on the streets of Oshawa and was used as part of his election
> campaigning. He is now in the middle of doing the same thing to one of the
> original 100 Yenko Stingers. The Mayor is John C M Gray fellow Corvair
> enthusiast. Amazing what politicians will do to resurrect things.
>
>
>
> And...personally I rebuilt a 66 500 as a ground up race car (removing
> everything) and rebuilding it, it is again very much part of Group Red
> syndrome.
>
>
>
> Stan East
>
>
>
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