[SCG] Orig. '63 near Hollister, CA

[Mark Corbin]

JR,

While I agree in principle with needing young blood in CORSA, my experiences 
tell me that the odds are, in this circumstance, going to be long.

Back in the '70's Corvairs were just "old cars", and people often used them 
for beaters. The saddest tale is of a 9 year old '63 700 4 door that a 
(literally) little old librarian owned. At 23,000 miles on the clock, she 
decided on buying a new car, and offered it for sale. The car looked almost 
new , but because I couldn't afford to buy it, she sold it to an idiot who 
gave it to his daughter to drive to high school. Within a year, the car was 
junk, and the first thing that got ripped up was the rear air grill. The 
very one that today (and for the last several decades) has been scarcer than 
hen's teeth.

Also had the same kind of thing happen recently, when a fellow club member 
gave his adult step daughter a nice original LM. She didn't like the car, 
and he eventually took it back. After having to spend several hundred 
dollars repairing her damage, some to irreplaceable, non-reproduced parts, 
he had learned the same lesson.

Point being is that in this circumstance, the key words are "give", 
"daughter", and "drive". My experience is that, odds are, people that are 
given cars and had not sought them out and bought them themselves, are often 
not as appreciative of their value. Secondly, females are much less likely 
to be automotive enthusiasts than males. And finally, when it's meant to 
"drive", that almost certainly says "beater".  All this adds up to very long 
odds that this case will have a good outcome. Hence my original thoughts. 
Not knowing the Hansens, what am I to otherwise conclude? I just hope I'm 
wrong.

-Mark

-----Original Message----- 
From: J. R. Read
Sent: Sunday, February 2, 2014 4:40 PM
To: Mark Corbin ; scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com ; wrsssatty at aol.com
Subject: Re: [SCG] Orig. '63 near Hollister, CA

Mark,  You know the Hansen's?  What are their ages?

Even if she is young... We NEED young blood to come to CORSA.  Let's try not
to make assumptions and chase them away before we know the facts.

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>
To: <scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com>; <wrsssatty at aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [SCG] Orig. '63 near Hollister, CA


> Yea, before she trashes it. It seems that the quickest way to ensure a 
> car's
> demise is to sell it to some joker for his kid to drive to school. Seen it
> happens way too often. Which is why I just slam the door in their face. 
> Done
> it many a time, never regretted a one.
>
> -Mark
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: wrsssatty at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, February 2, 2014 3:39 PM
> To: scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com
> Subject: [SCG] Orig. '63 near Hollister, CA
>
>
> Someone on FB posting under the name Ki Hansen near Hollister, CA posted 
> on
> the CORSA Facebook page that he bought his daughter an original '63 Monza
> coupe, 41,000 miles.  If there's anyone near there who could do so, it
> should be documented.
>
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