<VV> Stock

[B Brewer]

I will say that for as long as I can remember as a kid, the radio housing on my parent's 63 coupe was gray while the dash was dark aqua. The car was a 500 built in LA. I always assumed the radio was dealer installed, maybe they didn't feel like painting it? The only options I know the car had was shaded windshield and padded dash. The dealed also installed front seat belts. It was only in the late 80's I realized they had installed the belts wrong. The outboard mounting was a bolt, fender washer, nut through one of the floor drain holes. I found there were a set of nuts welded in the sides of the floorboards below the door sill for mounting the seat belts. When I redid the interior in 93, I moved the seat belt mounting and painted the housing to match the dash.

B Brewer

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:34:43 -0800
From: "Kent Sullivan" <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> Stock???  Can we reprint lclc's articles?
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If you're talking about Concours classification (I'm not sure that you are), then dealer options are allowed, but they have to be installed correctly per the directions, else they are considered not stock. For example, at the 1994 convention, I recall a fellow with a very nice station wagon that had a dealer-installed radio. He was certain that the radio had been there since the car left the dealer when sold new. The radio housing had not been painted but left in black or primer (can't remember which). This is incorrect per the instructions for that option so the car was held out of the stock class that the owner was shooting for.

--Kent

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Subject: Re: <VV> Stock??? Can we reprint lclc's articles?

I would agree with JR on this one, that stock is how it left the factory plus dealer installed options. I would also add, you better have the paperwork to prove it. 

I can tell you that the Christmas Corvair  http://www.buckridge.us/tedscorvair.html of Curt Carlson with it's red, white & blue stripes is a stock Corvair. Curt's great Aunt purchased the car new and it had the red, white & blue stripes on it, a dealer installed option. 

Roy in Bayville 08721