<VV> Identification Assistance

[Kent Sullivan]

John Medley owns a '61 Oakland-built Monza sedan with PCV. It's a rare car
for sure since CA mandated PCV before any other state and we were pleased to
be able to document it for the Stock Corvair Group this summer at the
convention. Larry Claypool was surprised we saw one.

The top shroud of John's car has a small round hole between the embossed "3"
and "5". Does this match the description?

--Kent
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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Doug Mackintosh
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 8:56 PM
To: Virtual Vairs
Cc: moreheadscott at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: <VV> Identification Assistance

I believe the PCV system was first made standard on the 1963 models. Both my
1962s have a road draft tube, like the General intended. Only those crazy
Californians had PCV back then!

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Frank DuVal said:

It is for 1961. The 1960 shroud has a thermostat mounting area for the 
one thermostat that controls the fan intake, IIRC.

The 60 and 61 have no PCV system, just a road draft tube, so no hole in 
the shroud for the crankcase vent tube. This is, however, the reason the 
cylinder baffles are not symetric on earlies (and maybe lates also), as 
there is a large hole in the right baffle for the draft tube style 
crankcase vent.

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-- Doug Mackintosh
Corsa member since 1996
Corsa/NC member since 1996, Virtual Vairs member
Corvair owner 1969-1971 and 1996-on