<VV> Sad News - And Some Good News - Hopefully

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Bill, I am very sorry to hear of this accident but am grateful you did not get injured. I also hope hope you had a good amount of insurance to cover the loss of a classic car. I use Haggerty and keep around 20K as the value of my Corvairs. Either way, what a shame to hear of your loss.
As far as your "new car", that is a nice setup. Is it a 140? Powerglide? Have you registered it with Mark Corbin as he is keeping a 4 door registry? And the gas leak is either the filler hoses or the tank itself. Years ago I had a car someone had installed too long of a screw into the upper tunnel cover and had pierced the tank. Recently the filler hoses were old and rotten on my Monza Wagon but it only leaked when filling the tank.I removed the tank, sent it to a radiator shop for internal cleaning (due to age), and reinstalled it with new hoses. Problem solved.Good luck and let us know what you find.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301  


-----Original Message-----
>From: "Bill H." <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Aug 17, 2011 1:34 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Sad News - And Some Good News - Hopefully
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>Hi all - sadly, my 69 met a sad fate last week when she was rear-ended rather roughly by an "inattentive" driver who slammed into another car, that rear-ended me and squashed my car so that it can't be fixed without major surgery (and a donor car as well).
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>That being the case, I am sure the insurance company will declare her a total loss.  The sad part is from the rear wheels forward, the car is pretty much intact.  Even the doors close and open perfectly.  Lucky for me I had both lap and shoulder belts on, and the high-back bucket seat with tall headrest (courtesy of a 1989 Nissan Maxima that was about to be crusted) saved my neck from whiplash.
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>The good news (hopefully) is that I found and brought home my "new" car, an Artesian Turqoise 1966 Monza Sport Sedan with factory A/C.  The car runs pretty well, but has some issues that will need attention.
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>I lifted the passenger side of the car up to examine the undercarriage, and gasoline began to drip from the tank on the DRIVER's side.  I also noticed a gasoline odor in the car when I drove it home last night (I drove it around 50 miles on the highway and except for the gas smell she drove fine).  When I lowered the car back to level, the gas stopped dripping.
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>Could that be a leaky tank?  Would anyone be able to suggest a repair, or should I just get a new tank?  The gas lines from the tank are on the passenger side and they looked dry.  The bottom of the tank was wet as well.
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>There is a puff of vapor from the fuel pump.  I assume a bum diaphragm, I have an electric pump from the 69 that I was planning to install, until gas started dripping and I got nauseous.
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>Thanks everyone for your continued support...Bill Hershkowitz 66 Monza Sport Sedan
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