Buying Manuals-was <VV> RE: Commun. article rejection about using Corvair site

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Hank,
       You've got it right.  The simple reason we wrote the Corvair Basics 
Manual was because we got tired of answering the same questions over and over 
and over again on V V and Fastvairs.  Now we can simply give a short summary 
answer and refer the questioner to the appropriate chapter in the CBM (or one of 
the other Corvair manuals) for the details.  If they're not willing to spend a 
few bucks to buy these manuals in the first place then I for one am not 
willing to spend my time in composing a lengthy answer to their questions.  If 
however, they do read the appropriate section of the manual and THEN have further 
questions, then they should receive additional info from one of us.
        Frank "we help those that help themselves" Burkhard

In a message dated 8/9/05 11:32:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
kaczmarek at charter.net writes:

> If you aren't ready to buy a shop manual, assembly manual, a "corvair for 
> newbies" book like the CBM, how will you ever afford paint, body, interior, 
> and major mechanical work?? Even if the youngster/newbie is mechanically 
> trained to a level where they can do everything themselves, parts aren't 
> cheap---even used in many instances. 
> 
> That being said, an outlay of 80 dollars give or take 10, for manuals/books 
> when a restoration might cost over 10K, doesn't seem like much. And in other 
> makes/models, it's a lot more. If you don't have 20 dollars for the CBM, can 
> you afford insurance and gas?? 
>