<VV> Re Why 6000?

[kenpepke at juno.com]

But Fisher Body was well into producing a 1970 Corvair ... The 'carry over' 
parts (Those that would be used unchanged from 1969) were determined
and new body parts for the changed rear end were being planned.  These 
parts included the deck lid, rear end panels and crossmember pieces that
resembled a sort of squared off Buick Rivera 'boat tail' with the inside tail
lights and the center portion of the rear bumper moving rearward several 
inches.  I had jumped to the conclusion that an 8 cylinder engine was to be 
offered for 1970 but Chevy engineer and long time Detroit Area Corvair Club
member Bob Kirkman straightened me out with photos of the 1970 10
cylinder engine.  GM had built test engines but to the best of my knowledge
Fisher Body never stamped out any of the new body parts. 

As I recall GM was having troubles with a new plant opening and ended up 
taking over the Corvair production lines with the new X car and relegated the 
assembly of the final Corvairs to a former plant cafeteria.

As for what happened to #6000; for legal reasons the disposition of each and
every vehicle built it well tracked and recorded under the watchful eye of 'Big
Brother.'  As much as some would have it believed that the car was scrapped 
the fact is there are no records of it's disposition ... It just sort of 'evaporated' 
leaving no paper trail ... a mystery which may or may not ever be solved. 
Ken Pepke
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>Legal Reason:  A bunch of new safety regs kicked in in 1970 
>(steering/ignition interlock, new door regs, new glass regs, etc) There 
>was no cost / benefit for going into the 1970 model year.  (not to 
>mention no sales)


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