PPCC List - RMC List - Happy 90th B-day to Christy Barden

[Gail Levin]

Happy happiest birthday and good health and good friends for your birthday
and your year ahead, Christy Barden!  Congratulations 🎊🎉

Best wishes from the Levins!

On Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 3:57 PM Steve Goodman V via RMC-List <
rmc-list at corvair.org> wrote:

> Hello fellow club members:  Long time RMC and CORSA member Christy Barden
> celebrates his 90th birthday tomorrow October 18.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY
>
> Christy lived in Boulder for many years. He is well known for owning a
> couple of Ultra Vans as well as Corvairs both early and late models. One of
> his UVs graced the cover of the COMMUNIQUE a few years ago.
>
> He also hosted what back then was called "picnic and swap meet" because he
> had a very large back yard and members from both clubs could park there to
> show off their Corvairs and some brought parts to sell and everyone brought
> their appetites.  Awards were sometimes given to the best cars there.
>
> Christy moved back to California after he retired but is still driving the
> Corvairs. He drove the Ultra Van to the Ohio national convention a couple
> of years ago.
>
> I have known Christy since before he moved to Colorado and he is a good
> friend of mine and probably everyone else in the Corvair world.
>
> HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE
>
> Steve G
>
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