Rich:
I think some would agree that there were "out the back door" wheels" and "over the counter" wheels. If you subscribe to this, calender year '63, "out the back door" wheels would have been the gear drive wheels/hubs that Dayton complained about in their suit against GM. There are a few of these sets in the hands of the public. These were also the wheels that were on the pilot models that you see publicity photos of. They also showed the two bar spinner that was used on the '62-'64 Corvair Dayton wire wheels. "Over the counter wheels" would have been the "pin drive" version that went into production sometime on the '64 model. The date, I don't know.
I believe an engineering change was written around August '62 to change the two bar spinner to three bar for the production wheels. This would have been some time AFTER the publicity photos were taken on the pilot models. Then, release on the wheels were canceled for '63.
I think some would agree that there were "out the back door" wheels" and "over the counter" wheels. If you subscribe to this, calender year '63, "out the back door" wheels would have been the gear drive wheels/hubs that Dayton complained about in their suit against GM. There are a few of these sets in the hands of the public. These were also the wheels that were on the pilot models that you see publicity photos of. They also showed the two bar spinner that was used on the '62-'64 Corvair Dayton wire wheels. "Over the counter wheels" would have been the "pin drive" version that went into production sometime on the '64 model. The date, I don't know.
I believe an engineering change was written around August '62 to change the two bar spinner to three bar for the production wheels. This would have been some time AFTER the publicity photos were taken on the pilot models. Then, release on the wheels were canceled for '63.
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