[FC] Feedback Requested-Which one do I keep?

[Melanie Teller]

Hi there Phil,

Read your post and I'm probably not a good one to give advice--I'm
emotionally driven AND collectibility driven--makes it difficult to make
choices.

I would ask, being the emotional type, do you have any sentimental ties to
any of the three?  

If it is ONLY money that is holding you back (I too have to have everything
done by someone else, I can only move things around and clean my poor
Mugsy!  In fact I'm waiting for a student loan check to come in so that I
can send a couple hundred to the restorer (a friend) and maybe get the
glass windshield replaced!); if you have room, put the least favorite away
for another time and work on just one.

Not the best advice I'm sure, but I can understand the dilemma.  If you
absolutely MUST get rid of one, well--I think I'd go with the least
sentimental one, if at all possible.

Good luck!

newbie Melanie Teller
1961 Rampside (named Mugsy)


> [Original Message]
> From: <PhilMcNear@aol.com>
> To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
> Date: 1/12/2004 7:34:14 PM
> Subject: [FC] Feedback Requested-Which one do I keep?
>
> I have 2 62 Corvans (plus a 65 Monza convertible). I think I have one
vehicle 
> too many. This may be long winded, but I'm pondering which Corvan to
keep, 
> though I'd like to keep them both.
> Mechanically, I can barely turn a wrench and usually I need to pay others
to 
> do the work for me. I work with limited dollars, so I can't drop 3K on an 
> engine rebuild just like that.
> Here's what I have:
> 1) 1962 8 door Corvan with the roll down window option on all four side 
> loading doors. 92K original miles, but the car was garaged in 1978 and 
> started/driven barely since then. No rust out, some dings and minor
dents. Probably will 
> need a full mechanical refurbishing (brakes, shocks, springs, reseal)
plus 
> paint. PG tranny. The previous owner (1966-2001) kept pretty good
records. A 
> weathered, but unabused van that would make a good restoration project.
> 2) 1962 Corvan- a plain jane except for all of the work that the previous 
> owner had done to it. Solid body, good paint. Four speed with
remanufactured 
> clutch from the Source. Spider dash with Stewart/Warner guages installed.
Nice 
> suspension, new shocks. Tired 66 140 PG engine w/ 110 heads (80
compression in 5 
> cylinders, one dead cyinder at this point.) Lots of extras from Clarks. 
> Cracked windshield.
> I know the logical choice would probably be #2, but does the scarcity of
the 
> 8 door with the roll down window option (remember is a Corvan, not a 
> Greenbrier,) mitigate the condition of the second one? Like I said I'd
like to keep 
> both, and may do so, but I can't be a slave to all three, so 1 needs to
go. At 
> times I've even thought about selling the 65 convertible and putting the
money 
> into the 8 door, but I'm not sure how much fixing the money would buy me.
> I'm not asking for anyone to make a decision for me, I'm just asking for 
> feedback from informed sources so that I can consider my options.
>
> Phil McNear
> 62 8 door Corvan
> 62 Corvan
> 65 Monza 110 convertible
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