<VV> Corvairs Gone Bad / counterpoint

[Charles Lee]

Oh, right, sorry for the implied details !

I own the car now, and was selling her when I moved, but the buyer never 
showed up, and now she has a new home here.  I tried to be ultra-honest so I 
wouldn't think she was sold, only to have the buyer back out when  he saw 
the "real deal" - I've been there and didn't want to do it to someone else.

I still have the car, and will eventually restore her to a "daily driver," 
but she's been sitting for a couple years now, kind of neglected.

Some people have "Pink Flamingoes" in their yard to decorate it, and I have 
my Corvair, to see every time I come home. LM Corvairs are just so darn 
nice-looking !  Now, if she were just a 4-speed convert, I'd be all over her 
!

Chaz



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis C. Armer, Jr." <carmerjr at mindspring.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 10:49 AM
Subject: <VV> Corvairs Gone Bad / counterpoint


> Hey Charles, I viewed the link you had referenced and it was quite 
> detailed and honest.
> Not knowing the price makes forming an opinion on the car a bit difficult 
> but it appeared
> to be a reasonable project for making a nice daily driver. Many times the 
> "horror" stories
> potrayed on VV are the result of gross lack of planning on the part of the 
> purchaser to be.
>
> This owner was realistically honest in the representation of his Corvair. 
> Your e-mail made it a
> bit confusing as to ownership, are you the owner of the 1967 now? Is the 
> link about your advertising
> or the person from whom you bought the 1967?
> Chuck Armer
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> At 11:19 PM 5/13/05 -0700, you wrote:
>>Here is a link to perhaps a "too honest" advert ?
>>
>>www.ForeSightSoftware.com\1967MonzaForSaleHemet.htm
>>
>>After a similar horror story, I didn't want to the same thing to someone 
>>else, so ...
>>
>>I made a similar trip, over 600 miles, for a 64 Spyder that I said I 
>>wanted to drive home, and drive to work for a week before I could do 
>>anything at all to fix it, and he said no problem, and no rust.
>>
>>Car was layered with 1/4 " of concrete dust, rusted into the ground around 
>>her, and it took a large truck to get her loose.
>>
>>Rust on ALL seams from headlights to windows, NO floors, and would not 
>>even turn over.
>>
>>It did have the promised KH wire wheels, but the lower (submerged" halves 
>>were rusted through the chrome and the tires would not hold air.
>>
>>So, maybe my 67 isn't so bad ?  Maybe the ad (see link below) was TOO 
>>honest ?
>>
>>Check the pix and tell me how you would react to it ?
>>
>>I rescued her from the crusher several years ago, from a guy who "wuz 
>>gonna" restore her, but his wife had other plans for his free time, 
>>apparently.
>>
>>Some pix make her look cherry, and some make her look worse than she 
>>really is, what would you say ?
>>
>>Just for comparison - want [pix of some other part to make you sure you 
>>don't want to buy ?
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