The fiberglass Yenko style deck lid with integrated spoiler and fresh air doors sets the Stinger apart from its stock Corvair counterparts. As attractive and functional as the air doors are, the Yenko design requires manual adjustment of door position. This isn't usually a problem at the race track, but isn't the ideal setup when you encounter a sudden cloudburst on the street or highway. To eliminate the hassle of exiting the car and popping the deck lid to make adjustments, Herb constructed a mechanism to allow for remote activation from the driver's seat, using a push/pull cable arrangement. He says the system doesn't always work well and he plans to replace the current setup with a more reliable electric aircraft trim motor. That should be pretty slick!

Taking a closer look at Herb's handiwork, at the bottom of the photo at right we see the control cable for the air doors coming through the bulkhead and up to a swing arm link mounted to the deck lid's hinge mechanism. This controls the position of the cable when the lid is closed. The cable then loops through a retainer on the underside of the lid (not in view) and down to the linkage that operates the air doors.  

More attention-to-detail is seen in the trunk. At right, we see Herb replaced the stock 1965 single chamber master cylinder with a dual unit.

The hardware left of the windshield washer bottle is a fuel flow sensor for the trip computer, and yes, those are emergency flares on the wheel tub.

From nose to tail, this is one extremely well designed Corvair. Driving it must be a blast!

Herb uses Crown 3/4" sway bars on both the front and rear of the Stinger. The photo shows the rear bar mounted in Delrin blocks with an aluminum channel stiffener. A Zerk fitting, seen on the aluminum channel ahead of the bar enables lubrication of the pivot point.

In the right portion of the picture, we can see how the link has a Heim joint at the top and rubber bushings at the bottom.