[SCG] Orig. '63 near Hollister, CA

[corvairduval at cox.net]

Mark, 

I'm going to jump on you for the use of the word "daughter".

Are you some neandertahl or male chuvanistic pig? ggg

The word is "teenager".

I've seen more of my share of cars torn up by males of that age group.
Males of our age group back when we were teenagers, usually had an inkling
to check the oil, etc. No more! They do not see their parents do it, so
they never learned where the hood release is. So, add to that the typical
balls to the wall driving of the male youth (see insurance rates for 16 to
25 year old males) and it is very sad what happens to cars.

Now, if any teenager has takes to likeing a paricular car, they will take
care of it. But if it is just transportation wrapped in a classic body, all
bets favor Mark's remark (excpet the insistance on female being the
problem).

We do need new blood. Just look at all the grey hair at our meetings. But,
the new blood has to want to be there. Hopefully by our education of them.

Frank DuVal


Original email:
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From: Mark Corbin airvair at earthlink.net
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 03:07:41 -0500
To: hmlinc at sbcglobal.net, scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com, wrsssatty at aol.com
Subject: Re: [SCG] Orig. '63 near Hollister, CA


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

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