<VV> [SCG] Fisher 4 speed option code

[Mark Corbin]

Ok, I was just speculating. I wasn't looking at the factory documents.

-Mark

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bill Hubbell
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:16 PM
To: Mark Corbin
Cc: Virtual Vairs ; Stock Corvair Group
Subject: Re: [SCG] Fisher 4 speed option code

I doubt it, Mark. The assembly manual usually notes when they release a part 
to Fisher and there are no such notes concerning the shifters. It's pretty 
clear that Chevrolet installed the shifters.

Bill

On May 15, 2014, at 9:43 PM, "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:

Bill,

Possibly because the shifter goes in before the carpet. It might be just 
pecking order. Fisher was responsible for the carpet, but had to ship it 
loose because Chevy needed the floor access. Otherwise, the shifter could 
have been inserted in the hole, but not nailed down, and the carpet laid 
over it. Then when it got to Chevy, they'd nail it down from underneath. 
Just one possibility.

-Mark

-----Original Message----- From: Bill Hubbell
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 5:29 PM
To: Mark Corbin
Cc: Virtual Vairs ; Stock Corvair Group
Subject: Re: [SCG] Fisher 4 speed option code

Mark,

That could explain it, I guess, IF Fisher actually provided the shifter, but 
I don't think they did.  It has a part number in the Chevy assembly manual 
which implies that Chevy provided it.

I knew about the front carpet and I understand that, but why would a BODY 
factory make or provide the shifter??  It doesn't make any sense.

Bill

On May 15, 2014, at 4:43 PM, "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:

Not sure what the original message was, but it could refer to the 
possibility that Fisher supplied the shift lever in the car, either nailed 
down or loose, wouldn't matter. They did such things as supplied the front 
carpet, loose, since Chevy needed access to the toeboard hole in order to 
run some of the cables, wires, etc. that come up through it. Then the Chevy 
people would finish installing the carpet at the appropriate time, after 
they were done doing what they needed to do.

The lever was chrome on 4 speed cars, painted black on 3 speed cars, even if 
it was a top of the line car like the Corsa. Hence the need to distinguish 
the two on the build sheet (and body tag).

-Mark

-----Original Message----- From: Bill Hubbell
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:26 PM
To: Virtual Vairs ; Stock Corvair Group
Subject: [SCG] Fisher 4 speed option code

I'm starting to think that the reason for this code is some arcane 
reinforcement plate somewhere in the body and we will probably never figure 
it out unless we dissect a 3 speed and a 4 speed side by side and look at 
everything.

Bill
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