<VV> [SCG] Fisher 4 speed option code

[Bill Hubbell]

That's the best explanation I've heard yet!

Bill

On May 16, 2014, at 9:29 AM, "Jim Becker" <mr.jebecker at gmail.com> wrote:

Maybe they just coded it out of habit.  The code was needed on other lines (3 on the tree vs. 4 on the floor) and somebody wrote the code for the Corvair without checking whether it was needed or not.

Jim Becker

-----Original Message----- From: Mark Corbin via VirtualVairs
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 8:43 PM
To: Bill Hubbell
Cc: Virtual Vairs ; Stock Corvair Group
Subject: Re:  [SCG] Fisher 4 speed option code

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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