<VV> 63 Spyder air cleaners (again)

[Ramon Rodriguez III]

Thanks for the replies.  I've had at least two people (fairly knowledgeable
Corvair folk) tell me that their 63's came with black housings, but it's
starting to sound more like I was correct in the first place thinking that
they were all chrome.  I'd like as many replies as possible to help reach a
fairly certain conclusion.

-- 
Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
Lake Ariel, PA
1966 Corsa 140 coupe (daily driver)
1965 Corsa 180 coupe (under construction)
1965 Corsa 140 coupe (for sale/under construction)
1963 Monza PG coupe (daily driver)
1962 Monza PG coupe (under construction)




On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 4:42 PM, lonwall at corvairunderground.com <
corvairs at pacifier.com> wrote:

> All 1962 Spyders had a black housing. All 63-64 had chrome.
>
> Lon
> www.corvairunderground.com
>
>
> On 12/11/2011 9:37 PM, Ramon Rodriguez III wrote:
> > Hiya all,
> >
> > A couple weeks ago I was inquiring about 63 Spyder's having chrome air
> > cleaner housings instead of black.  I am now aware of at least one 63'
> > Spyder that the owner states definitely had a chrome air cleaner housing
> > from the factory.  Interestingly it is an early 63 car (first week of
> > February).
> >
> > This Spyder was built at the Oakland (OA) plant.  I'f anyone else has a
> 63
> > Spyder built in Oakland that has a known history I'd really like to hear
> if
> > it came with a chrome or black air cleaner housing.  My hypothesis being
> > that perhaps the OA built Spyders had a chrome air cleaner a year before
> > the willow run and perhaps van nuys Spyders.
> >
> > What started this all was that I had seen quite a few 63's with chrome
> air
> > cleaners but later learned that the black one was correct for 63.  I now
> > have one owner who says he can confirm his 63 came with chrome so I'd
> like
> > to pursue it a little further.
>