<VV> Quality

[Ron]

That's the famous U.S. automotive quality that mate Toyota and Nissan so 
big.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Smitty Smith" <vairologist at verizon.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:39 PM
Subject: <VV> Quality


> Smitty Says:  Although I feel that the later Early models were fitted 
> about as well as they were intended to be there is one area that was 
> neglected often in all Early years and has contributed to the demise of 
> many Earlies.  The seal in the bottom of the air plenum under the grill 
> across the base of the windshield.  When you get a leak there, you get 
> trunk rust, front bulkhead rust and water under the carpets.  I have seen 
> plenty of those seams very poorly applied and in some cases the sealer was 
> deliberately misapplied.  Kind of like the worker was saying, I show you, 
> chicken s**t foreman.  You can't push me around.  The sealer was laid in a 
> zigzag pattern fore and aft all the way across the plenum doing nothing 
> more than providing little pockets to hold water that got in until it 
> could seep through the spot weld seam.  I wouldn't even mention this but I 
> have cut out yards of rusty metal and welded in new stuff in that area, so 
> I am well familiar with it.
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