<VV> Now I own TWO!!
Mike Stillwell
yenko117 at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 28 12:00:24 EDT 2006
Most Rigid Corvair ever built = Early Sedan
Most Flexible = Late Convert.
I hope that's not a suprise to any one!
Mike
YS-117
--- Jeff Clark <markii56 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've enjoyed my '65 Monza convertible for a few
> years
> now, but you know how it is with Corvairs: one is
> never enough! So, I just bought a fellow chapter
> member's '64 Monza sedan (110/PG). Dark blue, blue
> interior; inside's like new, runs like a champ,
> exterior needs some work. I think I now have the
> ideal set-up: I had a late open, so I needed an
> early
> closed; the last year of the earlies, the first year
> of the lates.
>
> Anyways, what impresses me most with the '64 is how
> nice it drives! I love the looks of the '65, but it
> feels to me as if Chevy cheapened the car when they
> brought out the new series. A fellow club member
> with
> which I was discusing this stated that he believed
> there are about 9% less welds in the '65-'69, and
> there's no doubt in my mind that the '64 has far
> more
> sound-insulation materials, even taking into account
> that a closed body is inherently quieter than a
> drop-top. Anyone else feel that the earlies are
> more
> substantial vehicles than the lates?
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