<VV> Needed: NOS Drivers side rear 1/4 panel for a late modelcoupe or co...

[Todd Miller]

There are some NOS pieces still out there.  I believe I have left and right late quarters for a convertible, along with a drivers front fender and the complete one piece front panel between the fenders. I bought them to repair my father's rusty 69 convertible that I located a number of years ago but the guy that had it wanted so much for it that I never got it and I went on to buy a couple of other convertibles. Hadn't thought about selling them as you never know when someone might crash in to my 69 convertible, but as long as I have them, I suspect that crash won't happen. Hank you are right though, they won't be real cheap.
Todd in Minnesota

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On Apr 23, 2013, at 10:27 AM, hallgrenn at aol.com wrote:

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> Hank,
> 
> I've got one (68-69 coupe left rear quarter), but I doubt anyone in Corvairdom will pay a whole lot for it.  I'm saving it for a project car (or for my wife to sell at a big yard sale if I die first).  In my experience you are absolutely right that a patch panel and a good welder/body man can make a seamless patch as did a great guy who patched several car panels for me in the past.  RIP Earnie.
> 
> Bob Hall
> Group Corvair
> Corvanatics
> CORSA
> 
> If anyone actually does have one, that would be one HIGH DOLLAR piece.
> 
> Hank
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: hank kaczmarek <kaczmarek at charter.net>
> To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 12:29 am
> Subject: Re: <VV> Needed: NOS Drivers side rear 1/4 panel for a late modelcoupe or co...
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> 
> The problem is obvious.
> On all Corvair  cars except the 60 model, the battery is on the drivers side 
> of the vehicle. It's also on the drivers side in the FC's.
> The venting of those old "Tar Top" Batteries allowed excess electrolyte/acid 
> to drip down onto the bottom of the quarter.
> This area is a problem on virtually every Corvair car, as well as on my 64 
> Corvan.  There was not battery box left on the Van.
> The Eastern "Ultra Monza" needed a patch panel, We had to fabricate a new 
> battery tray as well as the whole bottom of the drivers quarter on the van.
> My 62 Rampy's L rear quarter is OK, but the battery tray fell into the 
> quarter from corrosion.
> 
> I've been wrong before.  But I would find it HIGHLY unlikely that anyone has 
> a NOS rear quarter for a car that has been out of production for 44 years.
> Any body shop worth its salt, or anyone with better than average welding 
> skills can install a patch panel and it will appear as new to all but the 
> most experienced eye.
> 
> If anyone actually does have one, that would be one HIGH DOLLAR piece.
> 
> Hank
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Shelrockbored at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 9:27 PM
> To: tterribleted at comcast.net ; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re:  Needed: NOS Drivers side rear 1/4 panel for a late modelcoupe 
> or co...
> 
> 
> The Corvair Ranch couldn't help you?
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