[FC] Corvair Parts Story

[Diane and Bob Galli]

    You never pass up a look see when someone says he has a bunch of Corvair
parts he wants to get rid of.
          Bob
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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:49 PM
Subject: [FC] Corvair Parts Story


>    I was contacted by a fellow about a week ago and said he had some
Corvair
> parts he wanted to get rid of and would rather see them go to a Corvair
> person rather than throw them in the dumpster. At the time he called we
were
> about 200 miles north of home in Mi. We were just starting back home when
> this call came and the stop was half way, on the way home. Well, 13 miles
out
> of the way! When I called to let him know where we were and he said his
last
> name a light bulb flickered on in my brain. I knew that name but couldn't
> remember from where. Just about when we got to his house things became
very
> familiar. I had been there about 12 years earlier with Byron Shaw. He was
> looking at a 6.2 diesel engine and the guy was into dune buggies and
Corvair
> power.
>    He showed me what he had left, the dune buggy was long gone. Everything
> that he showed me would and did fit in the back of a full size pickup. I
saw
> some of the good stuff when I looked, but I just unloaded the truck and
put
> stuff away. In the parts area there were 2 complete 4 spider posi diffs, 1
> 3.89 gear set, 1 4.11 gear set, 1 saginaw trans, several machined 140
heads
> but only 1 stock head, a Mallory dual point dist., plus the normal
everyday
> stuff that comes in a deal like this. He also handed me a stack of papers
and
> books. In that stack was Communique's from '86 & '87, an Isky catalogue, a
> distributor curve book, 65-69 Chevrolet service news, and the big find was
an
> original Yenko Stinger Tech Manual.
>    I know I haven't said anything about price yet. The fellow hinted that
he
> would give me the parts! But, he really wanted something for them. WEELLL,
I
> ended up giving him $200. He was happy his attic and garage was cleaned
out
> and I am happier yet because the race car just got a spare differential.
>
>    Ken Hand
>    Sometime things do go your way.
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