[SCG] "Bloomington Gold" for Corvairs?

Tue Jun 9 19:22:43 EDT 2009

Unfortunately, some in the CORSA orginization believe that they are G-d, and 
as such, their word is all devine, and not to be challanged.  I don't 
believe that any one person knows everything there is to know about the 
Corvair automobile, however, the one person that does believe that he knows 
all there is to know has chased away many a good member in the past as a 
result.  This is one of the reasons that I left the fold many years ago.  I 
love the car, and have a deep respect for CORSA, however, I just can't get 
past seeing how one person can ruin so many other members fun.
Paul in CT
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To: <dellis1 at rochester.rr.com>; <scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [SCG] "Bloomington Gold" for Corvairs?


> Despite our less than complete knowledge of just what is stock/original, I
> still think that more of an effort should be made to acknowledge and 
> reward
> the  efforts of those who endeavor to preserve Corvairs in the condition
> which God  and General Motors intended!
>
> ~Bill Stanley
>
>
> In a message dated 6/9/2009 4:13:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> dellis1 at rochester.rr.com writes:
>
> AH  yess...there is the rub.....the Corvette folks
> took on the task of  extremely thorough documentation
> of "what's stock",  many decades  ago..and have that against
> which to judge their autos....hard copy master  reference
> documents that are extremely functional, both in text and
> images, for each year are available to one and all...
> CORSA chose to  ignore this effort...one would think it would
> be an early on, bedrock  activity, for the national organization...
> and just recently the   group of folks who saw the need, independently
> started SCG started down  that path..however the effort has been less than
> strongly supported by  CORSA or the general membership...in both
> the pocketbooks and their  efforts...
>
> Until the hurclean task of completing that  documentation
> occurs..and it is made available to the rank and  file...
> one can just forget about cloning the Bloomington
> Gold approach  in the Corvair world...
>
> Dave Ellis...a charter SCG  member....
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Wrsssatty at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:22 PM
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> Subject: [SCG] "Bloomington Gold" for  Corvairs?
>
> I was recently reading an article about the Bloomington Gold  Corvette 
> show
>
> and how it recognizes Corvettes that have been  preserved or restored to
> factory  authenticity and condition.   As the award procedure was
> explained;
> "It's  not really a  competition, it's a measure of how well you've
> preserved
> or
> restored a  car to factory authenticity."  Corvettes that are deemed 95% 
> or
> more  stock get a gold certification.  90-94% originality earns silver 
> and
>
> 85-89% earns bronze.
>
> I was wondering of something of this  nature has ever been considered for
> Co
> rvairs.  I know that  Corsa concours has a stock category but Corsa
> concours, to me, has  always seemed to focus more upon the quality of the
> work  done
> on  a car rather than the authenticity ("originalness" or "stockness") of 
> a
>
> car.
>
> ~Bill Stanley
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