[SCG] 60 corvair won in a contest

[Bruce Schug]

It would certainly be interesting to know the VIN. Also, it seems like  
maybe the title could be traced back to see when it was originally  
titled.

Jerry - When did your friend buy this Corvair, recently or "years ago"?

Kind of a fascinating story, but probably not true.

Bruce


On Sep 3, 2008, at 2:46 PM, chevrobilia at juno.com wrote:

> Thanks. There was only one contest held for a Corvair prior to  
> introduction that I know of. It didn't show a real Corvair in its  
> ads, just a fantasy illustration.
> I doubt very much if Chevrolet would have allowed her to receive her  
> Corvair prior to the October 2, 1959 introduction date. Security was  
> very tight and Chevy PR played a cat and mouse game with the press  
> right up until that date. And after all, production had just begun  
> on July 7th, a date that the CPF will be honoring at the  
> Jacksonville convention (almost exactly 50 years to the day!) The  
> cars were stored at the Proving Grounds up until late September,  
> where they were subject to running fixes and changes.
> Unless there's some kind of documentation showing when she took  
> delivery of her Corvair, I think we can discount that part of the  
> story.
> Dave
>
> -- Jerry Brown <air_cooled63 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sorry, I meant to say she received the 60 Vair in July of 59.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> --- On Tue, 9/2/08, Jerry Brown <air_cooled63 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Jerry Brown <air_cooled63 at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: 60 corvair won in a contest
>> To: scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com
>> Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 9:26 PM
>> I just got a e-mail from a friend who was into Corvairs
>> years ago and he said he bought a 60 from a lady who had won
>> the car in a contest back in July of 1960 and receive the
>> Vair before the 60's were introduced in Sept of 60.
>> Could this have happened?  I must have had a low production
>> Vin number.
>>
>> Jerry