[1969] #6000 and etc. in HCC

[Mark Corbin]

All,

Have already contacted Hemmings. My post to them and their reply as follows
below.

Mark

Sure thing! I always love to hear the full story.

 

 

From: Mark Corbin [mailto:airvair at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 1:44 PM
To: Dan Strohl; Richard Lentinello
Subject: RE: OOPS

 

LOL! I kind of figured. Accidents will happen. As I'll often say, IT
happens, with a capital SH.  ;o)

 

And if you ever want the entire story on 5999, with pictures, just ask.
It's quite a tale.

 

-Mark Corbin

 

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Dan Strohl 

To: Richard Lentinello 

Cc: airvair at earthlink.net

Sent: 11/19/2012 8:47:55 AM 

Subject: RE: OOPS

 

Oops, yeah, my bad. I transposed those two numbers.

 

Daniel Strohl

Hemmings Motor News

http://www.hemmings.com

 

 

 

 

 

From: Mark Corbin [mailto:airvair at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:47 PM
To: Richard Lentinello
Subject: OOPS

 

Dear Mr. Lentinello,

 

Just received your January '13 issue with the top 100 collector cars
featured. In the "Lost & Found" department, you featured the last Corvairs
built. However, there was a mistake made. Number 5999 is NOT missing, but
rather 5998. I ought to know, as I once owned 5999 and donated it to the
Corvair Preservation Museum, on the condition that it never see private
hands again. If you have the time, have I got a story to tell about it!

 

Anyway, of the last seven Corvairs built by Chevrolet, we know at least
something of six of them. It's 5998 that I refer to as our "black hole"
car, as it rolled off the assembly line and was never heard from again. In
fact, all we know is that it's suspected to be a coupe, by a b&w picture
supposedly taken of two men standing in front of it. We can't even tell if
it's a Monza or 500 model. Beyond that, we know nothing of the car or its
equipment. The rest of them, from 5994 to 5999 still exist, or at least did
last time we heard from them.

 

Number 5994 showed up in the Detroit Free Press offered for sale some years
back, and is believed to now be owned by a club member in the Carolinas.
Number 5995 is reported to be rusting away outside some place in Louisiana.
Number 5996 has been owned by countless club members and is still out there
somewhere. Number 5997 is the last convertible and is for sale, at last
count. Other than it, all are (believed to be) Monza coupes.

 

By the way, when they were built, 5996 and 5999 were identical LeMans Blue
Monza coupes, with 140/automatic transmissions. The rest (what we know of,
anyway) were all 110/automatics, except 5994, which was a manual. They all
had black interiors, except convertible 5997, which was Frost Green with
medium green interior.

 

-Mark Corbin

5474 S.R. 19

Galion, Ohio 44833

419-468-4942 (home)

567-241-9068 (cell/business)



> [Original Message]
> From: Kent Sullivan <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
> To: <1969 at corvair.org>
> Date: 11/20/2012 12:40:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [1969] #6000 and etc. in HCC
>
> Sure thing, will do. I made a bad assumption that you didn't have time to
do
> this.
>
>  
>
> I will send you the scan directly.
>
>  
>
> --Kent
>
>  
>
> From: David Newell [mailto:chevrobilia at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:38 AM
> To: Kent Sullivan; 1969 at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: [1969] #6000 and etc. in HCC
>
>  
>
> Hi Kent,
> In all modesty I think it's most appropriate that I contact them since all
> the 6000 and last few car research has been mine :o) I'll be sure to
mention
> the 69 Group. Can you send me a scan?
> Dave
>
>  
>
> From: Kent Sullivan <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
> To: 1969 at corvair.org 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 8:58 AM
> Subject: [1969] #6000 and etc. in HCC
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Looks like Hemmings Classic Car was trying to be helpful by publishing a
> blurb in the Lost & Found column in the latest issue (January 2013, page
10)
> about #6000 and the few cars before it but they messed up some key facts
and
> didn't make mention of Mark and Dave's amazing '69 book and the research
> that exists about #6000's fate.
>
>
>
> Would an officer of this group like to contact them and set things
straight?
>
>
>
> Happy Thanksgiving,
>
>
>
> --Kent
>
>
>
> P.S. I just received the magazine since I'm a subscriber. If whomever is
> going to make contact does not have it yet, I can scan and send the blurb.
>
>