<VV> A Corvair FC "coffee table" book?

[Merv Krull]

I would gladly offer several photos, and all kinds of free advice too! I 
just think it would make such an interesting book... more than a coffee 
table book, less than a technical manual, but something that joe average 
would see in a bookstore and say, "Kewl"
How many out there in CORSALAND would buy a book like this?
Let's talk it up, but more importantly, I want to see this as a book, ready 
to go by Dec 1, 2006, just in time for Christmas!
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC
VP Western Canadian Corsa
62 Greenbrier (in body shop)
64 700 4 door 3 speed (in snow drift)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rad Davis" <rad.davis at comcast.net>
To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [FC] CORVAIR BURIAL and other unusual examples


> It's a matter of content.  What's there is now a one-web-page outline of 
> how the FC came to be, what it is like, and how it is related to the 
> corvair cars.  It might make a good outline for three chapters, but it's 
> definitely not a book itself.  Frankly, I never thought of doing a book, 
> but there's no reason I/we couldn't.
>
> The FC primer has been nearly static for years.  It's so old that it's 
> based on HTML 2.0, and the pictures are sized for best viewing on an 
> 800x600 screen.  Likewise, its URL has been the same for at least five 
> years.  This has been somewhat intentional--reference info on the web is 
> of no use if you can't find it where you saw it last.
>
> If I were to go to hard copy, I'd definitely add more content, of course. 
> And I'd broaden the content as well.  Maybe repurpose some stuff from the 
> CORSA beginner's handbook, if rights could be gotten.
>
> The writing is not much of a chore for me.  Source material and original 
> documents for illustrations and references are more of a challenge.  I 
> suspect that the CORSA library, back issues of the Corvan Antics, and Dave 
> Newell and Larry Claypool. would quickly become heavily-consulted 
> resources.  With the development of just-in-time printing, it has never 
> been easier to print a book.
>
> Maybe we should consider a collaborative project, like the beginner's 
> manual. I'll volunteer here and now to be the editor.
>
> In any event, I have always been interested in getting  the FC "word" out 
> there, and I'll say it again:  If you have anything FC specific that is 
> rare and interesting - like those design buck photos I have posted - for 
> instance, I'll happily add it to the site with attribution.  I claim 
> copyright to the site's contents, but that is only to keep people from 
> using the content in some way that I would find offensive--people do weird 
> things with information on the web.  A good bit of what is on my website 
> has been published in club newsletters, and I've never refused a reuse 
> request.
>
> Rad Davis
> keeper of the Forward Control Corvair Primer:
> http://www.mindspring.com/~corvair/fc1.html
>
>
>
> At 09:15 PM 12/7/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>>Excellent idea! Any thoughts of bumping the Primer up to book status and 
>>sell the word to the great unwashed?
>>toodles
>>Merv Krull
>>Salmon Arm, BC
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Rad Davis" <rad.davis at comcast.net>
>>To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:48 PM
>>Subject: Re: [FC] CORVAIR BURIAL and other unusual examples
>>
>>
>>>We have one.  If you send them to me, I'll drop them in the section at 
>>>the bottom of the FC Primer.
>>>
>>>At 02:58 PM 12/7/2005 -0500, N2VZD at aol.com wrote:
>>>>well i guess we need a website for such stuff...get lots of good 
>>>>pictures
>>>>guys..
>>>>regards, tim colson
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