<VV> Re: sick of corvair/do not see more vairs

[N. Joseph Potts]

To the annoyance of my neighbors, I make a practice of helping out fellow
Vair owners who need the help. Typically, I'm the host (my driveway, their
beer), and provide tools, materials (unless they're anticipated, like a
change of oil), and often as not a part or two. I never charge for ANY of it
(except beer) EXCEPT where I provide a new part out of my stash (no charge
for used parts). When I provide new parts, I ask to be reimbursed with a
like part (and I always am).
     One would THINK most of my beneficiaries would be members of South
Florida Corvairs, but in general, they just FIND me through the club, but
aren't members themselves. Visitors like Dan Terry of Atlanta and Thomas
Stingl of Karlsruhe, Germany, have had the pleasure of helping me host these
greasy shindigs on their visits here, once even together, if I recall
correctly.
     Corvair knowledge IS thin on the ground these days, and while
dispensing my boundless wisdom so generously, I almost always find that my
own knowledge is extended, typically by working on Corvairs that are
different from mine.
     We're all in this alone, you know.

Joe (charging every cent I'm worth) Potts
Miami, Florida USA
1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C

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Subject: <VV> Re: sick of corvair/do not see more vairs



 this is the reason we do not see more vairs, is the lack of qualified
people that can work on them. If the owner cannot fix it, unless you are
near someone like a steve goodman or equivilent, you are out of luck and the
vair is out of commission and parked.
When dad and i did the 3 year ground up restoration of my 63 spyder, there
is no way we could have had it as good as we did without the tuledge of
larry aldrich, now mostly retired from vairs. There is a great deal of guess
i would say "tricks" or "special procedures" if you will to get these cars
running correctly. Unless you work on them all the time, you would not know
these things.

Bill Brafford
63 spyder vert