[FC] Re: display vans and such

[Rad Davis]

I don't know about "the Military" but I do know that at least one Corvan 
(which used to, maybe still is owned by Louis Pinard) was the PX delivery 
van on a US Navy base.


At 09:50 AM 7/4/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 7/4/2004 12:37:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>corvanatics-request@corvair.org writes:
>
>
> > That sounds very much like a telephone company van.... windows on the
> > passenger side and no windows on the drivers side.  The rear doors
>sometimes
> > had windows in them and other times not.  I have also seen some vans where
> > the
> > side doors were reversed in the one that opened first.  GM made a lot of
> > strange custom jobs for the utility companies back then.  If it was at all
> > possible, then they would accommodate the utility with whatever they wished
> > for... Paul in CT
> >
>
>    Paul,Ma Bell was probably the most common purchaser of these vans but
>several other companies used them also. When you figure how many vans the
>fleet
>companies would order at one time then you aint just whistling Dixie when you
>say they would accommodate them with whatever they wished for. Money talks.
>        So while I ve got the mike,did the military order Corvair vans and
>pickups for their fleets? I know they used Ford,Dodge and GM.
>
>                                                        Tim in Ky
>                                                 Econo USA Parts
>                                  Your used 61-67 Econoline parts source
>                                Constantly parting out E100 vans and trucks
>                                             A100 parts also available
>
>                                                   Ebay Falcon1966
>_______________________________________________
>Corvanatics mailing list
>Corvanatics@corvair.org
>http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/listinfo/corvanatics
>This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, 
>http://www.corvair.org/