[1969] Explain this!

[Dave Leonard]

Well, I tried to call Wilbur McCoy, but the number I was able to find for him isn't working.  Anybody on the list know him?

Also, is there a chance that your friend may have misread an 8 as 3?  His #0333 may actually be #0338.  Can you ask him to double-check?  

I found where we ID'd 0338 - it was from a Craig's list posting from Elkhart back in July of 2011.  Chris Mann sent me us the post.  When Chris called the seller, he spoke with the son of the current owner and he have him the VIN.  Chris sent a copy of the posting to me - it’s a Lemans blue 500!  When/where did your friend find the 500? 

Bottom line - I suspect one or the other car is off by one digit.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Corbin [mailto:airvair at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 10:35 PM
To: dave at arborlea.com; 1969 at corvair.org
Subject: Re: [1969] Explain this!

Hi Dave,

The roster I checked was the '03 roster, just the one most handy to grab at the moment. But I'm sure the info hasn't been changed. My friend, who I've known since, forever, is scrupulously honest, so I don't doubt, knowing him as I do, that this 500's info is certain. He told me about it at the last Florida convention, and asked, since I live in Ohio, to see if I could check on the Toledo car (Mr. McCoy's convert). The 500's owner's phone number was told to me in confidence, so I've been sitting on the info until now. Why I posted at this moment is a spur of the moment thing. I just have not been able to check on the Toledo car. So somebody's going to have to check on it's VIN. But it would be wild if the two DID have the same numbers! Would probably be the first time in history, for any car, for it to happen, if verified.

What is this #0338 like? Are you saying that it is really #0333? I think my friend found it in Indiana, as I think the phone # is an Indianapolis area code.

Also, just found another one not on the roster, #2520 a Monza coupe w/140/4speed, posi, black out, green in. It's in SC and has just been bought by a young guy named Cole Adcock. Car's in rough but restorable condition, and Cole is real enthused about doing something with it.

-Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: dave at arborlea.com
Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 3:08 PM
To: 1969 at corvair.org
Subject: Re: [1969] Explain this!

Hi Mark,

I can't explain it, but I do know that there are errors in there, so it's not surprising.  I did find that at one point we identified 0338, located in IN, sometime in late 2011, and I wonder if there was an error made confusing an 8 for a 3.  Also, now that I look, I'm puzzled by why
0338 didn't end up in the current roster, so have to go search my email archives for that answer.

I'm wrapping-up revisions to the roster to get it sent out - way late in finalizing this version - so I'll make the updates to reflect the corrected information for 0333 and leave the other car information in there with a "?" for the unknown VIN.  I'll also check around to see if I can find any more info on where 0333 came from.

Where did you find Wilbur's name?  What version/issue of the roster did you find him in?

Dave

On 2014-02-07 14:01, Mark Corbin wrote:
> All,
>
> A trusted friend reported to me some time back of a ‘69 that he had 
> verified but “wasn’t“ on the roster. Or is it? Here’s the VERIFIED 
> numbers on the car:
>
> VIN 101379W700333
> WRN# 105365
> 09A A build date
> 71 paint
> 700 interior
> 95 ‘glide
> owner’s phone # (I have it but am not going to put it on the net)
>
> BUT here’s the problem. The roster identifies the following car:
>
> VIN# 105679W700333
> WRN# 110220
> 09A A build
> 10 paint
> 701 interior
> 140 ‘glide
> owner: Wilbur McCoy, Toledo, Oh
>
> Now somebody please explain that!
>
> -Mark
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