<VV> Inquiring minds ???c

[Mark Corbin]

Sorry to hear that, but it doesn't surprise me. Sure would like to have had
the body tag and VIN off it, if nothing more than to verify the info.

-Mark

P.S. Actually, the last Corvair SEDAN was produced in '64, and probably a
2door sedan. (G) Oh, you mean "sport" sedan. LOL  ;o)


> [Original Message]
> From: Mike Stillwell <yenko117 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: <VV> Inquiring minds ???c
>
>  Mark, 
>
>  Sad to say I have the front panel from this car in my
> storage bay. It was dismantled (not by me) at a time
> when little value was placed on it's heritage. Dempsey
> verified this was from that car. It was claimed to be
> the 3rd to last sedan.
>
>  Mike
>  YS-117
>
> --- Mark Corbin <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > I once looked at a '67 Monza 4door that had a really
> > late VIN. At the time,
> > I recall that I didn't know alot about some of the
> > coding, so I can't
> > really say if it was the last Monza 4door. If memory
> > serves me right, I
> > think the VIN put it in the last 100 '67's or less.
> > It was a fairly average
> > car, Marina blue w/medium blue interior (weren't
> > they all?) w/110 glide.
> > 
> > The one thing at the time I wanted to check was that
> > the seat backs were
> > definately metal. Somewhere around #23,000 they
> > changed all the 2door cars
> > to plastic backs, but not the 4doors. Reason? The
> > plastic backs had the
> > seatback latch slot molded in, and since the 4door
> > didn't have them (they
> > had a bolt put in from the bottom to hold the seat
> > back in place) they had
> > to keep using the metal backs.
> > 
> > Just ONE of the many, many things that are special
> > about '67's, a truely
> > unique year.
> > 
> > Incidentally, I was shown the car by Jack Dempsey of
> > the Group Corvair (DC
> > area).
> > 
> > -Mark