<VV> Re: Carl Sagan's Corvair

[werp knarly]

i dont remember him with this car, but i do recall seeing in an interview 
that he was very fond of his red Porsche, his vanity plate was named after 
one of Mars's moon, "Phobos" the fastest orbiting moon in the solar system

and while im thinking about it, im not sure some who cared little about cars 
would buy a '64 spyder convertible. maybe a economy 4 door 500, but not a 
top of the line spyder vert...

while no one was greater at pronouncing "billions" i would rather see the 
car whole and flying down the road on a warm summers day

Thanks!

Joe, Lisa, Teegan, and Mina

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arjay Morgan" <n3lkz@yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Carl Sagan's Corvair


> Gentlepersons:
>
> It must be remembered that Dr. Sagan was an
> astronomer, an educator and a prominent television
> host. He most probably wasn't much into cars and more
> than likely viewed them as disposable tools. Worst
> yet, he used that car in and around Cornell, which is
> in Ithaca, New York; possibly one of the more hostile
> environments for man, beast and corvair.
>
> If anyone has the idea of rebuilding/restoring the car
> it should be kept in mind that after such
> rebuilding/restoring there will be precious little
> left of the original, so any lingering whisps of Dr.
> Sagan's spirit will be long gone.
>
> I, for one, would be hard pressed to justify its
> restoration on any level -- car, famous person's
> artifact, interesting piece of history.
>
> Perhaps the highest and best use would be dedicate it
> to his spirit and use very high explosives to, in a
> public ceremony, blast it into billions and billions
> of pieces.
>
> I'd buy one of those pieces if they could be recovered
> from the cosmos.
>
> Arjay Morgan
> 64 monza convert
>
>
>
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