<VV> Re:Hey don't sell that Vair Part

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

> Uh, if we follow the logic of not allowing sales of vair parts (for evil
> means) in the CC, then how can we allow Vair engines in buggies, or Cords, 
> or
> kit cars?

And who is to say what 'evil' is? I was flamed in another car club a while 
back for 'hoarding' parts - i.e. holding onto them until I need them. It was 
pointed out, correctly, that my hoarding them forced the price up and made 
them harder for others to obtain (although not as hard as it would have been 
for them if I hadn't got them from the junkyard 20 years ago in the first 
place!) As I didn't have time to sell them and don't want to junk them, what 
was I supposed to do?

So... some people object to hoarding, others object to selling them except 
to people who have undergone an extensive vetting process, and others think 
(e.g.) that they are wasted if they are used on 'ugly' cars, and should be 
saved for 'nice' ones. But what's 'nice'? What's 'nasty'? Is a trailer queen 
that never gets used and does 40 miles a year a more deserving recipient of 
your rare parts than the ugly Vair which is used in all weathers and gives 
its owner real pleasure? I can't say!

All that would happen, however, if we were to try to 'vet' people to see 
what they intended to do with the part is that they would tell us lies - I 
have known hot rodders gleefully tell how they got an all-original 32 Ford 
off a little old lady by saying they were going to look after it and keep it 
all original and low miles - and then they ripped the inside out and chopped 
it.

While I personally think this borders on the criminal, I really don't see 
that there is anything we can do to stop it. Although I agree with the 
sentiments of others that the role of the club is not actively to further 
the destruction of Corvairs, I don't see how it is feasible or desirable to 
monitor who buys parts and what for without bringing in the kind of 
unacceptable infringements on our personal liberty that our government is 
currently bringing in on us.

Free market 4 ever...

Cheers

Alan