[FC] Moter trend buyer's guide, 1961

[Paul Steinberg]

I also would be interested in a copy....... thanks Paul in CT
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Melanie Teller
  To: corvanatics@corvair.org
  Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:12 AM
  Subject: RE: [FC] Moter trend buyer's guide, 1961


  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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