[FC] A Corvair FC "coffee table" book?
Western Canada CORSA
westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca
Wed Dec 14 00:49:48 EST 2005
Prior to reading this email I was thinking along the lines of "lots of
pictures book"
After reading the email, I'm with Rad. Good post, eh!
Regards,
Joel
-----Original Message-----
From: corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org]On Behalf Of Rad Davis
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:45 PM
To: The Corvanatics list
Subject: Re: [FC] A Corvair FC "coffee table" book?
Pictures are good. Care to declare one or two public domain so that I can
put them in the Wikipedia Corvair entry? It was pretty bad, but I've been
slowly improving it...
Remember, you have to have taken the picture in order to have creator
rights to it...
As for the book itself, do we really want a "coffee table" book. I like
the idea of a book that is pretty to look at, and that isn't one you'd plan
on taking into the garage and getting greasy. Having said that, I've
usually found coffee table books light on actual content.
I'm thinking of a book that is a little more practically focused. Maybe
1-2 pretty pictures on a page, along with more technical pictures (like the
front and rear suspension shots on the FC primer) where appropriate.
Then comes the question of content. Do we want the history through 1965,
or do we want to go further and explore the practicalities of living with
one? I don't think we want to go into procedures for this, that or the
other, but at least explaining (as an example) that the rear wheel bearings
are unobtanium, and so must be cared for carefully by the procedures in the
CORSA Tech Guide might be a good thing.
I'm thinking that exploring why they're still so popular with us FC nut
cases is probably a worthwhile topic. Pictures of customizations and
variations as well as sales material and good examples of the beast.
Part of my reasoning is that Tony Fiore did such a good job with basic
Corvair history in The Corvair Decade that we probably want to expand the
range of topics somewhat, or we just end up with a miniature "Decade" that
only covers four years and has lots of pictures of boxy trucks.
If we're going to put the amount of effort required into this thing to make
it both pretty and worth reading, we had better make a book that will
actually appeal to someone.
And yes, offers of help from Art Directors are very welcome indeed!
At 09:02 PM 12/13/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>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
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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)
>
> ----- 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: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [FC] CORVAIR BURIAL and other unusual examples
>
>
> > 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/~corva
ir/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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