[FC] A Corvair FC "coffee table" book?
Paul Campbell
paule_3 at hotmail.com
Tue Dec 13 21:02:19 EST 2005
I would most likely buy one (if reasonably priced) and would help with contributions of photos of my "old" Rampside (1963 Green and white) and my "new" Rampside (1961 Blue and White) if interested. Thanks.
V/R Paul C.
Dillsburg, PA
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From: Merv Krull<mailto:krupross at sunwave.net>
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Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 9:53 PM
Subject: [FC] A Corvair FC "coffee table" book?
I would gladly offer several photos, and all kinds of free advice too! I
just think it would make such an interesting book... more than a coffee
table book, less than a technical manual, but something that joe average
would see in a bookstore and say, "Kewl"
How many out there in CORSALAND would buy a book like this?
Let's talk it up, but more importantly, I want to see this as a book, ready
to go by Dec 1, 2006, just in time for Christmas!
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC
VP Western Canadian Corsa
62 Greenbrier (in body shop)
64 700 4 door 3 speed (in snow drift)
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From: "Rad Davis" <rad.davis at comcast.net<mailto:rad.davis at comcast.net>>
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Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:02 AM
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> It's a matter of content. What's there is now a one-web-page outline of
> how the FC came to be, what it is like, and how it is related to the
> corvair cars. It might make a good outline for three chapters, but it's
> definitely not a book itself. Frankly, I never thought of doing a book,
> but there's no reason I/we couldn't.
>
> The FC primer has been nearly static for years. It's so old that it's
> based on HTML 2.0, and the pictures are sized for best viewing on an
> 800x600 screen. Likewise, its URL has been the same for at least five
> years. This has been somewhat intentional--reference info on the web is
> of no use if you can't find it where you saw it last.
>
> If I were to go to hard copy, I'd definitely add more content, of course.
> And I'd broaden the content as well. Maybe repurpose some stuff from the
> CORSA beginner's handbook, if rights could be gotten.
>
> The writing is not much of a chore for me. Source material and original
> documents for illustrations and references are more of a challenge. I
> suspect that the CORSA library, back issues of the Corvan Antics, and Dave
> Newell and Larry Claypool. would quickly become heavily-consulted
> resources. With the development of just-in-time printing, it has never
> been easier to print a book.
>
> Maybe we should consider a collaborative project, like the beginner's
> manual. I'll volunteer here and now to be the editor.
>
> In any event, I have always been interested in getting the FC "word" out
> there, and I'll say it again: If you have anything FC specific that is
> rare and interesting - like those design buck photos I have posted - for
> instance, I'll happily add it to the site with attribution. I claim
> copyright to the site's contents, but that is only to keep people from
> using the content in some way that I would find offensive--people do weird
> things with information on the web. A good bit of what is on my website
> has been published in club newsletters, and I've never refused a reuse
> request.
>
> Rad Davis
> keeper of the Forward Control Corvair Primer:
> http://www.mindspring.com/~corvair/fc1.html<http://www.mindspring.com/~corvair/fc1.html>
>
>
>
> At 09:15 PM 12/7/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>>Excellent idea! Any thoughts of bumping the Primer up to book status and
>>sell the word to the great unwashed?
>>toodles
>>Merv Krull
>>Salmon Arm, BC
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Rad Davis" <rad.davis at comcast.net<mailto:rad.davis at comcast.net>>
>>To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org<mailto:corvanatics at corvair.org>>
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:48 PM
>>Subject: Re: [FC] CORVAIR BURIAL and other unusual examples
>>
>>
>>>We have one. If you send them to me, I'll drop them in the section at
>>>the bottom of the FC Primer.
>>>
>>>At 02:58 PM 12/7/2005 -0500, N2VZD at aol.com<mailto:N2VZD at aol.com> wrote:
>>>>well i guess we need a website for such stuff...get lots of good
>>>>pictures
>>>>guys..
>>>>regards, tim colson
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