[FC] Re: Corvan versus Greenbriar and more

[Western Canada CORSA]

Mike W. of "Westbrier" fame, here on the list has an former Bell Telephone
Greenbier.  Front half is brier but the rear is Corvan.  Sidewindows behind
the driver did not have the usual mechanisms.  You'll have to ask Mike if
the original rear doors had windows or not.

Regards,
Joel

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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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