<VV> 64 Spyder Convertible w/ manual top

[Tom Berg]

A manual top can't malfunction, leavin' ya exposed to the elements when it turns 
cold 'n' rainy. And I'll bet installing the equipment would not be easy (or 
would it?). But it's your call.

I've grown to like the manual top on our '64 Monza convert, party because of its 
simplicity and also because it adds to the car's quaintness (that's what owners 
of some old British sports cars seem to think, anyway). My wife and I can fold 
it down (taking care to pull out wrinkles in the fabric) or swing it back up in 
just a couple of minutes. Alone, it takes a minute more to move from side to 
side. 


With that Spyder turbo engine, you'd make up the time quickly as you blow by 
those rust-prone Lates, sittin' there a-saggin' by the side of the road, ha ha. 


--Tom Berg

 

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From: shortle <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: J R Read <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; Frank Ness <aircoolvair at yahoo.com>; VV 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Mon, October 18, 2010 9:33:37 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> 64 Spyder Convertible. (some humor)

Would this be a sacrilege? Yes. To some on this group. And no. To others. The 
power top was an option someone spent extra money to have. I'm sure this was a 
factory installed option as I doubt any individual dealership would be able to 
do this. I don't know much about the early model power top other than it can 
leak oil (normal for a Corvair). Just another reason LM power tops are better 
than EM power tops.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado
'66 Corsa Convert. w/power top, '69 Monza Convert. #2891w/power top, '69 Monza 
Convert. #5044 w/manual top 



-----Original Message-----
>From: J R Read <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
>Sent: Oct 18, 2010 5:53 PM
>To: Frank Ness <aircoolvair at yahoo.com>, VV <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: Re: <VV> 64 Spyder Convertible.
>
>It's YOUR car!  I did that on a '65 - swapped tops with a '66.
>Later, JR
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Frank Ness" <aircoolvair at yahoo.com>
>To: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 6:34 PM
>Subject: <VV> 64 Spyder Convertible.
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I will be restoring a 64 Spyder convertible. It has a manual top. I have
>> everything a need to change the top to a power one. Would this be a 
>> sacrilege?
>> Thoughts about the EM power tops?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Frank
>>
>>
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