<VV> Another 69 Bites the Dust - VIN on engine ?

[ChiefTAM at aol.com]

The seats were taken out a while ago, the rear seat went into another  
Corvair to replace pieces that typically rusted away.  The seat belts went  into 
a Corvair, and the Front buckets and steering wheel were sold at a swap  
meet in Wisconsin.  The engine hadn't been turned over in at least 30  years, 
and while it might have been saved, would have been costly.  I don't  have 
tools or torch here, and you could not jack up the car, the rockers  and most 
pieces just crumbled.  
 
I did go to the effort of saving some good chrome, and the full power top  
set-up in case someone wanted that for a car they are restoring as they were 
 pretty rare.  I also pulled the turn signal self-canceling pieces, as they 
 are tough to find in good condition.  About the best I could do,  
unfortunately, it was really a rust bucket.  I bought it from a Corvair MN  owner 
many years ago before he died, it wasn't worth much, but he wanted to get  it 
out of the storage building so his wife wouldn't have to deal with it.   At 
least I have my 69 Convert, which is pretty mint and driven regularly, but  
not in the Minnesota winters, so it is getting ready for a long winters  nap.
 
Todd
 
 
In a message dated 10/18/2010 9:57:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
Chaz at ProperProper.com writes:

Can't  get the engine out ?  It has the VIN on it too, as well as few other 
 
places ?

Did it have seat belts ?

Wouldn't want to think of  things after they're crunched !

I remember someone who had a Corvair  crunched into a coffee table shaped 
cube, and put it in their living room  though I'm not sure what his wife 
thought of that ?

Another guy  loved his Model T (or "A" ?) so much, he brought in and put it 
in the den  (or maybe it was the living room ?) !

Gotta love your car for that much  effort !

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <ChiefTAM at aol.com>
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Sent:  Monday, October 18, 2010 7:19 PM
Subject: <VV> Another 69 Bites the  Dust - Some Parts - Power Top


> It is with a bit of sadness that  I inform that 1 more of the 521 1969
> Monza Convertible's, #4413, is  heading to the great resting (or rusting) 
> place
> in the  sky.  A victim of Minnesota winters and copious amounts of salt,
>  this base Maroon convertible with a 95/3 speed is off to the crusher.  I 
 
> tried
> to give the vehicle away to a few folks a couple years  ago while I was
> living in Texas and couldn't get to it in Iowa, but no  one took me up on 
> it.
> Now that I am back in the Midwest, the  place I had it stored no longer 
> has
> room and it is going  away.  I went down last weekend and took off a few
> parts before  it began it's final trip.
>
> I did save the vin plate, so I have  that and the original Minnesota 
> title.
> The seats, seat belts,  and steering wheel went a while ago.   The engine
> was  complete, but I didn't have a way to pull it (the car was  buckling  
in
> the center and wouldn't roll) so it is being recycled.  I  did  pull the 
> carbs
> if anyone has any use for  them.
>
> I was able to save a few chrome trim pieces that were  good, such as a
> couple tail lights, headlight trim rings, windshield  and convertible 
boot 
> snap
> trim, and the wing windows that had  good chrome, for use in my 65 Corsa
> convertible, as they were better  than what were on that car.
>
> I did save the following and have  them for sale if anyone is  interested:
>
> 95 hp  carburetors
> Voltage Regulator
> AM Radio Cover Plate
> 69  Power Top Frame, motor, cables and switch (the only real option I saw 
>  on
> the car other than a rear antenna)
>
> If anyone is  interested in a few parts, let me know.  I'm not sure who   
is
> keeping up with the 69 Registry, but I thought I would at least  report 
> this
> rare vehicles demise for  posterity.
>
> Todd in Minnesota
> Corvair  MN
>
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