<VV> Original Parts Group

Wed Oct 3 03:35:14 EDT 2018

I was watching Detroit Muscle and saw a segment about Original Parts Group.  The host said that OPG is adding a line of parts for Corvairs.  I checked and they have some Corvair parts available already and they may add to their offering as time goes by.  Some are generic to several models as you would expect but there are parts which are specific to our Corvairs.  I didn't take the time to dive into the site too deeply and haven't cross referenced prices with other suppliers.  I don't know but they may simply be reselling from other Corvair specific suppliers.

Just the fact that they are entering the Corvair market indicates that demand exists for parts and therefore demand for our cars may be increasing as well.

They are located in Seal Beach, CA and offer free shipping on orders over $199.

The site is www.OPGI.com

Doc

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Today's Topics:

 1. Re: Lug Nuts ect. (Marc)
 2. Re: Lug Nuts ect. (Seth Emerson)
 3. Re: Check your damn lug nuts! (Charles Lee)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 10:12:52 -0700
From: Marc <hharpo at earthlink.net>
To: Seth Emerson <sethracer at aol.com>
Cc: wrokit at hotmail.com, Hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk,
virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.
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Every 50 miles! I am way behind

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 30, 2018, at 9:25 PM, Seth Emerson via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> Almost all tire and wheel companies - and installers - suggest you check the torque on the lug nuts after 50 or so miles.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kevin nash via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> To: Hugo Miller <Hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>; virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Sun, Sep 30, 2018 1:11 pm
> Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.
> 
> Its because I have old (stock) rims? every time the wheels come off, and the
> 
> Lug nuts get re-torqued, the actual lug nut pressure on their seats will not
> 
> be quite even?consequently there?s going to be one or more on every single wheel that are taking more of the pressure than the others, and after
> 
> putting some miles on the wheels, the dirt, rust, loading and unloading of
> 
> the lug nut seats tend to reduce the highest lug nut pressures, and when that happens, the lug nuts are looser than they were than when the wheel was installed. I seriously doubt that the lug nuts actually ?loosened?, meaning rotating counter clockwise on their own from where they were when the wheel was initially installed, and I know darned well how tight
> 
> I torque the lug nuts, so the only possible explanation is that because of
> 
> the numerous less than ideal surfaces, the wheel gets re settled and re-seated, and the lug nuts need to get re-torqued, simple as that.
> 
> I had forgot to re-check the lug nuts, I probably should have checked them
> 
> 100 miles after the wheels went on, which was probably sometime near the end of June.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Hugo Miller <Hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 12:46:38 PM
> To: kevin nash; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.
> 
> I would want to find out how that happened.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kevin nash via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 6:52 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: Lug Nuts ect.
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> All: Because I recently had all four wheels off my car doing work on the
> brakes and replacing the front wheel bearings (among other things), and
> because of the discussion of lug nuts falling off, I thought it would be a
> REAL good idea to check the torque on my lug nuts. OUCH! 3 out of 4 wheels
> had all 4 lug nuts LOOSE! Then, if that wasn't enough, I thought perhaps I
> should check the front wheel bearings... only the drivers side front wheel
> was 2 wrench flats loose, the other was fine. You guys saved my bacon!!
> Kevin Nash
> 63 Turbo, EFI, Daily driver
> coolest alternative engine
> cooling fan on the planet!
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:45:37 -0400
From: Seth Emerson <sethracer at aol.com>
To: hharpo at earthlink.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.
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Not every 50 miles <grin> 50 miles after installation. (you joker!) - Seth

Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.

Every 50 miles! I am way behind

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 30, 2018, at 9:25 PM, Seth Emerson via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> Almost all tire and wheel companies - and installers - suggest you check the torque on the lug nuts after 50 or so miles.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kevin nash via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> To: Hugo Miller <Hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>; virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Sun, Sep 30, 2018 1:11 pm
> Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.
> 
> Its because I have old (stock) rims? every time the wheels come off, and the
> 
> Lug nuts get re-torqued, the actual lug nut pressure on their seats will not
> 
> be quite even?consequently there?s going to be one or more on every single wheel that are taking more of the pressure than the others, and after
> 
> putting some miles on the wheels, the dirt, rust, loading and unloading of
> 
> the lug nut seats tend to reduce the highest lug nut pressures, and when that happens, the lug nuts are looser than they were than when the wheel was installed. I seriously doubt that the lug nuts actually ?loosened?, meaning rotating counter clockwise on their own from where they were when the wheel was initially installed, and I know darned well how tight
> 
> I torque the lug nuts, so the only possible explanation is that because of
> 
> the numerous less than ideal surfaces, the wheel gets re settled and re-seated, and the lug nuts need to get re-torqued, simple as that.
> 
> I had forgot to re-check the lug nuts, I probably should have checked them
> 
> 100 miles after the wheels went on, which was probably sometime near the end of June.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Hugo Miller <Hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 12:46:38 PM
> To: kevin nash; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.
> 
> I would want to find out how that happened.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kevin nash via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 6:52 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: Lug Nuts ect.
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> All: Because I recently had all four wheels off my car doing work on the
> brakes and replacing the front wheel bearings (among other things), and
> because of the discussion of lug nuts falling off, I thought it would be a
> REAL good idea to check the torque on my lug nuts. OUCH! 3 out of 4 wheels
> had all 4 lug nuts LOOSE! Then, if that wasn't enough, I thought perhaps I
> should check the front wheel bearings... only the drivers side front wheel
> was 2 wrench flats loose, the other was fine. You guys saved my bacon!!
> Kevin Nash
> 63 Turbo, EFI, Daily driver
> coolest alternative engine
> cooling fan on the planet!
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 18:32:24 -0700
From: "Charles Lee" <chaz at properproper.com>
To: "'Seth Emerson'" <sethracer at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Subject: Re: <VV> Check your damn lug nuts!
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Check your damn lug nuts, even if someone else "already did"!!!

Yes, another story from the vaults ...

I once had a Vair in storage and put new tires on her for a 500 mile tow (on wheels, not a trailer)

I tried to check the lug nuts but the shop manager got highly insulted that I did not trust him to have done that.

So, I stopped and figured I'd check them at the first rest area (he was right on the entrance ramp)

Long story short, the R/R wheel came off before I got there, and nearly went through another car's windshield, leaving a "skid mark" on his hood.

It also tore up the rear fender as it came off, but that was the least of it!

Charles Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Seth Emerson via VirtualVairs
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2018 10:46 AM
To: hharpo at earthlink.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.

Not every 50 miles <grin> 50 miles after installation. (you joker!) - Seth

Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.

Every 50 miles! I am way behind

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 30, 2018, at 9:25 PM, Seth Emerson via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> Almost all tire and wheel companies - and installers - suggest you check the torque on the lug nuts after 50 or so miles.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kevin nash via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> To: Hugo Miller <Hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>; virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Sun, Sep 30, 2018 1:11 pm
> Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.
> 
> Its because I have old (stock) rims? every time the wheels come off, and the
> 
> Lug nuts get re-torqued, the actual lug nut pressure on their seats will not
> 
> be quite even?consequently there?s going to be one or more on every single wheel that are taking more of the pressure than the others, and after
> 
> putting some miles on the wheels, the dirt, rust, loading and unloading of
> 
> the lug nut seats tend to reduce the highest lug nut pressures, and when that happens, the lug nuts are looser than they were than when the wheel was installed. I seriously doubt that the lug nuts actually ?loosened?, meaning rotating counter clockwise on their own from where they were when the wheel was initially installed, and I know darned well how tight
> 
> I torque the lug nuts, so the only possible explanation is that because of
> 
> the numerous less than ideal surfaces, the wheel gets re settled and re-seated, and the lug nuts need to get re-torqued, simple as that.
> 
> I had forgot to re-check the lug nuts, I probably should have checked them
> 
> 100 miles after the wheels went on, which was probably sometime near the end of June.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Hugo Miller <Hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 12:46:38 PM
> To: kevin nash; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Lug Nuts ect.
> 
> I would want to find out how that happened.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kevin nash via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 6:52 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: Lug Nuts ect.
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> All: Because I recently had all four wheels off my car doing work on the
> brakes and replacing the front wheel bearings (among other things), and
> because of the discussion of lug nuts falling off, I thought it would be a
> REAL good idea to check the torque on my lug nuts. OUCH! 3 out of 4 wheels
> had all 4 lug nuts LOOSE! Then, if that wasn't enough, I thought perhaps I
> should check the front wheel bearings... only the drivers side front wheel
> was 2 wrench flats loose, the other was fine. You guys saved my bacon!!
> Kevin Nash
> 63 Turbo, EFI, Daily driver
> coolest alternative engine
> cooling fan on the planet!
> _______________________________________________
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