<VV> 62 Corvair on Access Hollywood

Tue Sep 1 17:59:10 EDT 2009

Hi all

There is a story on Access Hollywood Thursday (check local listings)  
on Maria Menounos (she's a reporter on the show)
and her red 62 Corvair convertible.  The car is one of her favorites  
and is a treasured family member.

Enjoy

Craig Casey

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>   1. Vairs in the Valley, NC (John Gull)
>   2. Corvair in the news (Scott Morehead)
>   3.  LM rear window anode clips (Ed Dowds)
>   4. Front Crossmember (Jim Steigerwaldt)
>   5. Synthetic transmission fluid (RI Corviar)
>   6. Re: Body Trim Clips (Chris & Bill Strickland)
>   7. Re: Front Crossmember (Bruce Schug)
>   8. Tech Help - Different styles (Scott Morehead)
>   9. 1964 Rampside for sale - rusty but complete!
>      (Vairtec at optonline.net)
>  10. Valid Email Address (Mark Aksamit)
>  11. Re: Front Crossmember (Bryan Blackwell)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:05:39 -0400
> From: "John Gull" <johngull at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: <VV> Vairs in the Valley, NC
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> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:10:57 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Scott Morehead <moreheadscott at yahoo.com>
> Subject: <VV> Corvair in the news
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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> Sorry if this has been posted previously.? Cheers
>
> http://jalopnik.com/5348667/1964-chevrolet-corvair-monza
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> --- On Fri, 8/28/09, Scott Morehead <moreheadscott at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: Scott Morehead <moreheadscott at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Corvair in the news - limited
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 8:11 AM
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> http://www.montereyherald.com/business/ci_13222000?source=rss
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> 1975 NOVA LN : A RESTYLED AND BEAUTIFIED NOVA THAT SPELLED CLASSTAD  
> BURNESS Column TitleUpdated:?08/28/2009 01:38:39 AM PDT
> Cihevrolet
> first entered the compact-car market, along with Ford and Plymouth,  
> for
> the 1960 model year. The Chevrolet compact was the rear-engined
> Corvair, an air-cooled car that was different from anything else on  
> the
> road. But many thought it was too different, and though the Corvair  
> was
> continued into 1969 (a full decade from its 1959 Autumn introduction),
> Chevrolet introduced another, more conventional compact for 1962: the
> Chevy II. It's top-line model was the Nova, and within a few years  
> Nova
> had replaced the Chevy II name completely.
> Throughout the 1970s, Nova was popular, but the 1975 model was
> excellently restyled, along with a new top-of-the-line LN that you see
> here (available as a coupe or four-door).
> The 1975 catalog proclaimed that "Nova has always been good.
> Now it's beautiful. The compact '75 Nova has been emphatically refined
> along the lines of elegant European sedans. Yet it's more than ever a
> strong reflection of the Chevrolet engineering tradition."
> Chevrolet replaced the Nova with the Concours (1976-1977),
> though there was a Nova "rally" in 1977 and 1978. The final 1979
> American-built Nova was assembled on Dec. 22, 1978. But from 1985 to
> 1988, Toyota built a new Corolla-like Nova in affiliation with General
> Motors.
> Thanks to Alden Jewell of Yuba City for helpful information  
> concerning Nova's later years in the U.S.
> As you may have noticed, many older Novas are now being sought by  
> collectors. Those in original excellent condition are
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> especially desirable.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:44:50 -0400
> From: Ed Dowds <ed_dowds at hotmail.com>
> Subject: <VV>  LM rear window anode clips
> To: virtual vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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> Plastic clips are available from body supply shops.
>
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>
> GM #1654047
> Auveco #11345
> Crestnet Sales #CRX236
> The Napa P/N is BK 6651434
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> I  used Auveco 11152
> GM 9731301    74-75 Vega
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:53:36 -0400
> From: "Jim Steigerwaldt" <Jimstg at zbzoom.net>
> Subject: <VV> Front Crossmember
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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> I have a 1966 Monza, whose front crossmember had to be replaced, for  
> which I removed. I had another one which I had sand-blasted and  
> painted with Por-15. The question is,Is their a trick to getting the  
> spring and shocks mounted, I'm having no luck so far.
> TIA
>
> Jim - North of Pittsburgh
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> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:13:53 -0400
> From: RI Corviar <ricorvair at cox.net>
> Subject: <VV> Synthetic transmission fluid
> To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
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> Can I mix synthetic and regular transmission fluid.
>
> I need to some trans fluid to my 65 pg 110.
>
> It does not read on the dipstick when its running and warm.
>
> When cold its ok.  So I don't know how much I will have to add.
>
> Thanks to all.
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:17:35 -0700
> From: Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Body Trim Clips
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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> I was checking on these clips earlier this year for my 1960 700, and
> although I've looked up the GM numbers, it didn't do me any good.   
> They
> are simply out of production, including vendors.  See my post from  
> June
> 2nd on this forum, and note the overwhelming response <grin>.  Maybe
> Clark's is listening?
>
> I found 1 (one) NOS push in one out at Corvair Underground by  
> personally
> looking under all the rocks.  I think for the push in type, there are
> some plastic ones in the Auveco catalog that will work, but they are  
> not
> a perfect substitute.
>
> The screw in ones, well, see Richard Widmark's (the Bolivian oil guy)
> website on the restoration of his 1960 -- check out the part for
> restoring the stainless trim where he shows the clips, or a  
> reasonabole
> facsilime of them, being made.  Making them is probably the order of  
> the
> day -- I'd probably think about copper tube and soldering on a  brass
> nut -- seems welded ones like Richard's would corrode too quickly and
> you'd be back to square one -- maybe his were brazed ...
>
> I was looking for holes (mentioned in a previous post) in the photo I
> got, but all I saw was a great looking young group of Future Corvair
> Owners -- looked sorta like a club, like Future Farmers (FFA).  Nice  
> car
> in the background <grin>.
>
> Bill Strickland
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:45:13 -0400
> From: Bruce Schug <bwschug at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Front Crossmember
> To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>,	Jim Steigerwaldt
> 	<Jimstg at zbzoom.net>
> Message-ID: <949B202E-F776-49BE-9F9A-47F2AD8CD08F at charter.net>
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> On Aug 30, 2009, at 6:53 PM, Jim Steigerwaldt wrote:
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>> I have a 1966 Monza, whose front crossmember had to be replaced, for
>> which I removed. I had another one which I had sand-blasted and
>> painted with Por-15. The question is,Is their a trick to getting the
>> spring and shocks mounted, I'm having no luck so far.
>> TIA
>>
>
>
> You didn't say exactly what the problem was, Jim. I'm sure others will
> chime in here, but I'll say this. When I rebuilt my front suspension I
> did it all off the car, then put it in, all at once. I didn't really
> have any trouble with anything. But I was using springs that had been
> cut, one coil, which makes them shorter, and therefore easier to get
> in. With stock springs you might need to use a coil spring compressor.
> I'm not sure what the shop manual says. I hope you have a shop manual
> and have been using it.
>
> I will add that others on this forum have said it was easier to
> install just the crossmember in the car, then put the pieces on it. I
> can see how this might be easier. This way, you can use the weight of
> the car to compress the springs by putting a floor jack under the A-
> arm and lifting it which will compress the spring and allow you to
> attach the ball joints and get the shocks in.
>
> I hope this is what you meant and that this will help you out. Look
> for other posts and opinions.
>
>
>
>
> Bruce
>
> Bruce W. Schug
> Treasurer & Membership Chairman
> CORSA South Carolina
> Greenville, SC
> Stock Corvair Group
> Performance Corvair Group
> bwschug at charter.net
>
> CORSA member since 1980
>
> '67 Monza. "67AC140"
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:57:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Scott Morehead <moreheadscott at yahoo.com>
> Subject: <VV> Tech Help - Different styles
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Message-ID: <944155.39613.qm at web38702.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> Has anyone ever noticed the two different styles of the stainless  
> gas tank guards for the Lms.? One is GM the other an aftermarket  
> version.? Any ideas who made the aftermarket version or perhaps it  
> is also GM and just for a another model or year?
>
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:47:21 -0400
> From: Vairtec at optonline.net
> Subject: <VV> 1964 Rampside for sale - rusty but complete!
> To: corvanantics at corvair.org
> Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Message-ID: <20090831004658.2476D37891 at tiger.skiblack.com>
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> Recently, I re-discovered a 1964 Rampside that I owned briefly a few
> years back.  It is for sale in a junk yard in Thomaston, Connecticut.
> You can read the story and see pictures here:
>
> <http://www.corvairkid.com/4R124F101482.htm>http://www.corvairkid.com/4R124F101482.htm
>
> It would be nice if someone could save this one; it is one of only a
> very few Flint-built trucks accounted for.
>
> --Bob
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> Message: 10
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:13:46 -0700
> From: "Mark Aksamit" <mark at vintagecarcare.info>
> Subject: <VV> Valid Email Address
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Message-ID: <0MKpCa-1Mhn2J35nt-000Cx6 at mrelay.perfora.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
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> It would appear during updating my personal info on  VV that email  
> addresses
> that use anything other than .com cannot be used. Is anyone else
> experiencing this issue?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Mark Aksamit
>
> mark at vintagecarcare.info
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> Message: 11
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:32:45 -0400
> From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Front Crossmember
> To: "Jim Steigerwaldt" <Jimstg at zbzoom.net>
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Message-ID: <ECEA884E-C895-4690-8168-5D6C758477C9 at skiblack.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>
> I've done this a couple times with the crossmember on the car.  The
> short answer is follow the shop manual and attach the ball joints
> first, then jack the control arm into place and install the camber
> bolt.  The shock goes in once the suspension is bolted together.  Hope
> that helps.
>
> --Bryan
>
> On Aug 30, 2009, at 6:53 PM, Jim Steigerwaldt wrote:
>
>> I have a 1966 Monza, whose front crossmember had to be replaced, for
>> which I removed. I had another one which I had sand-blasted and
>> painted with Por-15. The question is,Is their a trick to getting the
>> spring and shocks mounted, I'm having no luck so far.
>
>
>
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> Message: 12
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:47:16 -0400
> From: Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Valid Email Address
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Message-ID: <8CBF7F41A822963-DD4-1DA4B at webmail-d012.sysops.aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
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> Mark,  you are talking about the Web  Member's Roster?
>
> http://www.vv.corvair.org/registration/memberPPRoster.html
>
> Matt Nall
> Charleston, Oregon
> http://mysite.verizon.net/nalllm
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Aksamit <mark at vintagecarcare.info>
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 9:13 am
> Subject: <VV> Valid Email Address
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> It would appear during updating my personal info on  VV that email
> addresses
> that use anything other than .com cannot be used. Is anyone else
> experiencing this issue?
>
>
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