<VV> Secret VIN

[henry kaczmarek]

I've got an LA car, and the way it got here was through the contributions of 
VV members back in 2002.  Those members won't ever be forgotten.

I will have to open a photobucket or some other account so all can see the 
pictures of the body repair.

     After about 120 hours of grinding, sanding, blasting,  "Heatin' and 
beatin" with dollys,  welding, removal of about 3 large cans of Bondo, 
Cutting out parts of 4 panels, some refabbed to produce the original body 
line and replaced) welding in all the holes that were left from previous 
repairs that were just slapped with mud....all that needs to be done is to 
cut a front panel from a donor car  (between the headlights) and weld it in. 
Then we can do a skim coat of filler (in 32nds of an inch, not inches), 
block sand and prime it.

God only knows with a car this old who did  the body work, but who ever did 
it knew little about body repair, and is probably a Bondo sculptor.  Must 
have belonged at some point to a volunteer fireman, as there was the big 
area in the rear fender for a whip antenna, and 2 holes in the roof that 
were spaced for a light bar. (sheet metal tacked into the roof inside, 
outside---you guessed it ---covered with Bondo).

Rest day today!

Hank


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Pleau" <dpleau at wavecable.com>
To: "'Rick Norris'" <ricknorris at suddenlink.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Secret VIN


> You have a Los Angeles car in WV.  Do you know how it got back there?
>
> dp
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Rick Norris
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:36 AM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Secret VIN
>
> Here is the hidden VIN from my 65 race car.
>
> Rick Norris
> #36 Sunoco Corvair
> www.corvairalley.com
>
>
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