<VV> 1962 Monza Convert with turbo on eBay - may be a Spyder

[Tony Underwood]

Everyone can debate whether it was a ragtop to begin with or whether 
it was a Spyder or whatever.


MY biggest issue is the fact that it was a coupe with the roof cut 
off.   Look at the floors.




No rocker reinforcements that were incorporated on ragtops.     Then 
look at the side views of the car and note the gap at the tops of the 
doors and fenders in the B pillar area.   Those reinforcements were 
installed at GM for a good reason.


The hardest body flex stress point in a Corvair ragtop is at the base 
of the B pillar.  If it were mine I'd have the carpet and seats out 
and I'd be welding in some angle iron alongside the inner rockers to 
insure it didn't bend in the middle and get "hump-backed" next time I 
hit one of those whoopties in the road.   No worries in this camp, 
ain't gonna be mine what with all the rain that happens around 
here.  A convertible in this valley demands a good working top or it 
becomes a fishbowl unless it lives indoors most of its life.



tony..