[FC] Moter trend buyer's guide, 1961

[Melanie Teller]

oh yes yes yes! :)   THanks Bill for mentioning the magazines and articles!
I would love to have a copy of anything relating to 1961 Rampsides!  Please
let me know if you find anything and what the cost might be, etc.

My best,

Melanie Teller
Northridge, CA
1961 Rampside (Mugsy)


> [Original Message]
> From: <Wild8bill@aol.com>
> To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
> Date: 2/8/2004 10:07:00 PM
> Subject: [FC] Moter trend buyer's guide, 1961
>
>    I was in an antique (junk) store today, and they had a lot of old
copies 
> of Motor Trend. I looked through the 1961 buyers guide issue on the off
hand 
> that there would be mention of either my Greenbrier or rampside. There
was a 
> several page article on spyder car, and a concept 4x4 powered with a
Corvair 
> engine (it looked modern enough to be a current concept 4x4), and a two
page 
> article describing the rampside. The article praised the ramp as "the
first true 
> innovation in pickups in the last twenty years". They gave it so-so marks
on the 
> interior and the instrumentation, and praised its nearly one ton load 
> capacity. There was also a picture, so I can attest that the original
paint scheme of 
> the bed is as follows: bed floor, top and side of wheel wells/battery
cover, 
> inside of tailgate and ramp are dark grey; inside walls of bed and back
of cab 
> are main body color.
>    I never asked the price of the magazine, now I'm tempted to have it.
They 
> had a few copies of the same issue, and about a hundred other issues from
the 
> sixties. If anyone's interested, I can see if there's an article about
your 
> particular year/model truck. I can't imagine that they would ask more
than $20 
> an issue, probably more like $5-10.
>
> Bill
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