<VV> Re: Galvanized Parts

[Vairtec at optonline.net]

Rick Norris wrote:

>Actually, at one of the Corvair events I attended several years ago there 
>was a vendor that had front cross members, oil pans, valve covers and some 
>other items I can't remember that were all galvanized.

Bob Hall wrote:

>I bought some at an "end of the show" discount.  It took time to clean the 
>zinc out of the threads on the shrouding, but the price was right.

Bob Marlow now writes:

That vendor was probably me, as part of the sell-off of Ableson's 
Automotive after Bill Ableson died.  Bill galvanized anything that wasn't 
nailed down!  I never did sell it all, I still have a significant supply of 
galvanized shrouds for early models and a galvanized '64 FC front splash 
pan... inquire if interested.

My '64 500 coupe track car has one of the galvanized front crossmembers in 
it, it's 16 pounds heavier than the ungalvanized part and it puts that 
extra weight in a good location.

--Bob


Robert W. Marlow
Vairtec at optonline.net