<VV> Mustang or Corvair (long)

[Rick & Janet Norris]

Kirk,
Without a doubt you would be ahead to sell everything and go buy the nicest
Corvair you can find. Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt, stomped the
ashes and buried them!

Rick Norris
First President CORSA 1971
Email rickjanet@charter.net
Web Site http://webpages.charter.net/corvairalley
V8 Vairs Web Site http://www.corvair.org/chapters/v8vairs


> Well I know you guys will think less of me (I know you
> have such a high opinion of me now) but I have to
> come clean MY NAME IS KIRK AND I OWN A FORD, I have a
> 65 Mustang Fastback, it is real clean and i could
> probably get some good change out of it if i sold it.
> Here is the dilemma  I have fallen in love with my
> rough 66 vair (although ned says it isn't too rough)
> Right now I'm so broke I can't pay attention, so I'm
> thinking about selling my Mustang and fixing up the
> Corvair, but my wife thinks I  should just sell both
> and buy a vair that is already running and in good
> shape.  Maybe Ned and Terry will chime in on this one
> as they know the Vair, I'm not sure what to do.  I
> bought the Mustang when i was 18 so there is some
> sentimental value to it, I drove it every day for 10
> years, parked it and then restored it (I bought it
> because i couldn't afford the 58 Vette, the car i
> really wanted, that was in the same lot in Houston).
> So here is my question to you ( I know if  I asked the
> Mustang crowd they would tell me to keep the stang)
> what would you do?  Should i keep the stang, I hate to
> admit it but it will probably be worth more from a
> collectors stand point, and just keep the Vair
> running, should I sell the stang and fix up the Vair I
> have or should I sell both and buy a better Vair.
> Here are the things i think needs to be done with the
> Vair, engine rebuild, figure out the electical bugs,
> remove the bondo and the rusting areas and get a new
> paint job, i'm sure the suspension needs to be looked
> at and the interior needs attention in other words
> everything (my glove box light works well). Every time
> I look at Terry's and Ned's vairs (well Ned's before
> the  incident) I see so many things I could do with
> mine. I enjoy working on the cars (although I am not
> very mechanically inclined) so I will do as much work
> as I can, but engine rebuild and body work are out of
> the question for me and will have to hired out. I
> guess I  could get a real job and keep both, or spend
> my son's college money...
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Kirk Eck