[FC] Re: Corvan versus Greenbriar and more

[Paul Steinberg]

I have seen Corvair vans with all glass, no glass at all, glass along  one side, and both ways, with none in the rear and with glass in the rear.  The amount of configurations that they could be ordered was almost limitless.  Remember this was a time that the factory was very accommodating to fleet buyers.  Paul in CT
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  To: corvanatics at corvair.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:07 PM
  Subject: [FC] Re: Corvan versus Greenbriar and more


  In a message dated 8/23/06 12:00:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
  corvanatics-request at corvair.org writes:

  > I would think there are more Greenbriers left because there were more
  > produced overall. 

     Ben,that brings up a good point. With the uneven floor of the Vair vans I 
  wouldnt think a lot were ordered for work purposes. Were Greenbriers produced 
  for the purpose of being passenger vehicles or campers only?  Now that I think 
  of it I ve never seen a Greenbrier without the rear seats or without evidence 
  of them existing prior. Did they all come with rear seats unless camper 
  versions or special ordered? 
         When I think of a Greenbrier I think of a passenger vehicle with rear 
  seats. That's not the case though when I think of early Econolines,Chev/GM or 
  Dodge A100's which all were sold a lot without the rear seats on the window 
  van models. Econolines intended for passenger transport which had rear 
  seats"almost" all were badged as Falcon vans,not Econoline. There were a few Econolines 
  that were ordered with the optional rear seat,notice I said seat,not seats. I 
  own one and have heard of a handful of others but havent seen any yet with 
  provisions for the 2 rear seats as found on Falcons. Im assuming anyone wanting 
  2 seats would be using it primarily for passengers and would just order the 
  Falcon version.
        Another question comes to mind; Were any Corvair vans produced that 
  were dispaly vans? Display van is what Ford called the work type van that had 
  windows all along the passenger side but no windows on the drivers side of the 
  body. This allowed for tool racks, bins, or displays to be mounted there. The 
  windows provided light into the van to help in locating tools,etc and also 
  allowed for good visibility while driving. It was kind of the best of both worlds,a 
  crossbreed window/non window van. Utility companies used this version a lot 
  and I happen to own one of the odd looking birds.
     
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