<VV> Interior dash & door panel painting

[Kent Sullivan]

Well, in '66 at least, that is correct--there was an all-black interior
(code 758), and a black paint with white upholstery (code 795) interior:

http://www.corvairkid.com/66codes.htm

See especially the "When white is black" section.

In 1965, there were two dual-color interiors: aqua paint with white
upholstery and black paint with white upholstery.

According to extensive research Mark Corbin did, it appears that 1964 had a
white upholstery with red paint choice. And it looks like in 1961 only,
Monza coupes and sedans may have had an all-white interior option, if I am
reading his notes correctly.

--Kent
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven J. Serenska [mailto:corvair at serenska.com] 
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 7:41 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Cc: arlettecarl at hotmail.com; Kent Sullivan
Subject: Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 103, Issue 54

Carl and other VVers:
> Exposed interior door metal painting
> The exposed side interior metal was painted to match exactly the 
> colour of the interior door trim (vinyl). It is meant to simulate 
> interior trim. Failing to paint the  interior metal work in this way 
> is in my opinion the single largest error made by many Corvair 
> restorers. It's rare that exterior colour is used on the exposed 
> interior metal of a passenger vehicle. The few exceptions would be 
> some heavy duty trucks. So simply have your painter match the colour 
> of the side interior trim for those exposed interior metal areas. 
> Another issue is of course ensuring that interior and exterior colour 
> finishes in the correct areas
Is this correct?

I have always thought that a Corvair with a white interior had the interior
door metal painted matte (if not gloss) black.  In fact, I have never seen a
late Corvair with a white interior with white metal surrounding the interior
white vinyl panel.  Wouldn't the white metal above the vinyl panel be *very*
vulnerable to getting gummed up with gunk from a driver's or passengers'
dirty, mucky biceps leaning on the door when the windows are rolled down on
a hot day?

This picture of Kent Sullivan's Canadian Turbo Corsa with a white interior
(from a Hemming's article) shows that the interior metal is painted black:

http://assets.hemmings.com/story_image/129287-500-0.jpg?rev=2

Is this incorrect?  I can't recall ever seeing a LM white interior painted
otherwise.

I'm interested because I'm thinking of restoring the interior of my '66
Corsa Coupe in white.

Anyone else?

Steven "possessor of eminently mucky biceps" Serenska

'65 Monza Convertible, white/red interior
'66 Corsa Coupe, originally yellow with a black interior, currently red with
a black interior, someday yellow with a white interior...