<VV> 63 Spyder air cleaners are black!

[J R Read]

So, how hard would it be to change the plumbing?  Have you never seen a '63 
with a '62 lower shroud and a plug in it?
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ramon Rodriguez III" <corvairgrymm at gmail.com>
To: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> 63 Spyder air cleaners are black!


> I'm told all 63's have PCV, and that is the model year in question.  In 62
> PCV I believe was only on cars built for sale in California.  Most 62's
> have a road draft tube.
>
> Ray R
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 7:16 PM, shortle <shortle556 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Did the '63 Spyder have a road draft tube? Did the "black" air cleaner
>> have a provision for a PCV system? I have certainly seen '62 Spyders that
>> had no PCV system therefore no provision in the air cleaner. I wonder if
>> that would have been the deciding factor in chrome vs. black air 
>> cleaners.
>> And I suspect many cars that had black air cleaners might have been
>> "changed up" to chrome just for the appearances alone.
>> Timothy Shortle in (very chilly) Durango Colorado 81301
>>