<VV> Fw: early crossed flags emblem colors?

[Doug Mackintosh]

Ray, a couple of more pieces of evidence:
My 1962 with (probably) original emblem has the solid black paint scheme.
My 1964 project car of unknown provenance has a black and white checkerboard 
scheme on the right flag, but it looks suspiciously like a previous-owner paint 
job.

On the cover of the November 1961 Car and Driver magazine is a photo of the 
Corvair Sebring Spyder show car built by Chevrolet. It very clearly shows (in 
color) the crossed-flags emblem on the rear dec, with the flags painted black 
background - no checkerboard, all squares painted black. And the red center 
portion. The emblem (and color scheme) looks identical to the one on my 1962 
Monza. I am guessing the emblem was pulled right out of the production (1962) 
emblem bin.
 -- Doug Mackintosh
Corsa member since 1996
Corsa/NC member since 1996, Virtual Vairs member
Corvair owner 1969-1971 and 1996-on 



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From: Doug Mackintosh <dougmackintosh at yahoo.com>
To: Ray Rodriguez <vairguy at echoes.net>
Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sun, 27 February, 2011 13:11:47
Subject: re:<VV> early crossed flags emblem colors?


My 1962 Monza, which I believe has an original emblem, has the black flag / red 
center paint scheme you described. My 1964 project car is the same (not sure 
whether that one is repro). I tried searching Corvair ads, brochures, etc, but I 
was surprised that none of them seemed to show the crossed-flags emblem. 


This may be one of those things where the paint scheme was changed by Chevrolet 
during the production run.

Ray Rodriquez asked:

<<I've scoured the internet but haven't convinced myself I have the correct 
paint scheme figured out for the 102hp engine lid flag eblem on my 63' Monza.  
In the end if I don't like the way it is supposed to be I might just do it my 
own way, but I'd like to know what is correct before I decide.
I found repros where both flags (left and right) are basically solid black, and 
the center is red.  This doesn't seem right to me and I've seen inconsistencies 
in the paint scheme of other repro emblems so I figured I'd ask the experts =).  
The right flag is clearly meant to be a "finish line" flag... why the heck would 
ALL the squares be black?  Makes no sense to me.  Also seems to me the flag on 
the left should be red, but that is just based on Corvette emblems I've seen and 
might not apply to Vair' badges.  >>

 -- Doug Mackintosh
Corsa member since 1996
Corsa/NC member since 1996, Virtual Vairs member
Corvair owner 1969-1971 and 1996-on