<VV> Water from carb base/ & 1/4 panel interchange

[Dave Ziegler]

Then why are the rear wheel openings different???

Dave.. .
On Jul 5, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Tony Underwood wrote:

> At 12:59 PM 7/5/2009, David Houston wrote:
>> My neighbor and fellow corvair owner recently purchased a 1962 Monza
>> SW that had borne the brunt of a lifetime of  NE winters.
>> Mechanically it runs well but he showed me what he thought was a
>> fuel leak at the base of the carburetor and intake manifold. It was
>> water, not fuel, that was running out the base. We removed both
>> carbs for a rebuild and discovered that a butyl/gasket compound was
>> used on a prior removal/rebuild. Is this water a common byproduct of
>> the combustion process or caused by the lack of gaskets?
>
>
> Water was *in the carbs*??    I have no ideas on how it got there
> unless it was deposited there by mis-hap.
>
>
>> Secondly, the left rear 1/4 panel is rusted out very badly from the
>> wheel well to the bumper. I looked at the 1/4 panel of a 1962 700
>> sedan donor car. It appeared that the sedan panel will replace the
>> stationwagon panel. Are we correct on this observation?
>
>
> Yes.    All the wagon sheetmetal below the beltline outside of the
> tail light areas and rear hatch/cove is shared with the '61 sedans.
>
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>
> tony..
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