<VV> 1960 authenticity

[Tony Underwood]

At 11:22 PM 11/25/2009, Mel Francis wrote:
>If all these '60 details check out, perhaps a previous owner simply had some
>body repair work done
>and they just grafted a '61 front panel or used '61 front clip into
>position. Check inside the trunk
>for non-original spot welds.


There's one more thing nobody mentioned and that's the sheet metal 
under the rear backlight.

The so-called package area.


The '60 package area is deeper.   This area was raised in the '61 
model year to allow room to accommodate the hot air heater box under 
it, between the transaxle and the package area floor.   It's also why 
only the '60 starter will fit a '60 since the later starter solenoid 
won't clear the floor of the package area because it sits upward 
while the '60-only starter solenoid sits to the side.



No matter how much sheet metal gets grafted onto the car through hook 
or by crook, that deep package area is only found on 1960 model 
'Vairs.   Almost anything else, drivelines and front fenders and 
noses and deck lids and whatever can be swapped out but nobody is 
going to swap that package area.




tony..

PS:    rear deck lids are quite different on '60s also although you 
gotta look close to see it.    Trunk sheet metal too.