<VV> Convertible Rear Window

[J R Read]

I'm pretty sure the toilet rings for sealing to the drain are bees wax.
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Davis" <scout1977 at hotmail.com>
To: <jimster1 at earthlink.net>; <harding.ian at gmail.com>; 
<vairtec at optonline.net>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Convertible Rear Window


>
> Bees Wax used to be avail at all good hardware stores.  Try finding it at 
> a big box.  Sometimes found with canning supplies and at fabric (where 
> they sale cloth for making clothes) stores.
>
> Ray "no I don't sew" Davis
> P Think Green! Please do not print this e-mail unless absolutely 
> necessary.
>
>
>> From: jimster1 at earthlink.net
>> To: harding.ian at gmail.com; Vairtec at optonline.net
>> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:42:40 -0800
>> CC: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Convertible Rear Window
>>
>> Another point to ponder, driving in a blazing sun with the top down can 
>> be
>> uncomfortable. Unzipping the window and letting the breezes blow through 
>> is
>> really nice. Here in northern Califunny, I unzip the rear window with the
>> first warm weather and leave it down and drop the top when I feel like 
>> it.
>> Jim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Ian Harding
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:02 PM
>> To: Vairtec Corporation
>> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Convertible Rear Window
>>
>> Excellent! Looks like I'll have to give the zipper a try if and when the
>> rains end.
>>
>> - Ian
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Vairtec Corporation 
>> <Vairtec at optonline.net
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Ian, I am an unrepentant unzipper.
>> >
>> > I release the latches at the windshield header, then unzip the window,
>> > then lower the top.
>> >
>> > When raising the top top, once the top is up I re-zip prior to latching
>> > the latches.
>> >
>> > Also, I lube the zipper periodically with a small cake of beeswax.
>> >
>> > --Bob
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12/28/2011 12:52 PM, Ian Harding wrote:
>> > > This
>> > >
>> >
>> http://oldcarmanualproject.com/manuals/Chevy/1964/Corvair/FoldingTop/pages/C
>> orvair_folding%20top_04_jpg.htmsays
>> > > to unzip the rear window before lowering the top. I had always heard
>> > > that the zipper is never to be unzipped under penalty of death. It is 
>> > > a
>> > > trap which will unleash the hounds of hell if touched.
>> > >
>> > > Does anyone routinely unzip their rear window without ill effects?
>> > >
>> > > - Ian
>> > >
>> >
>> >
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