FW: <VV> government corvairs/geiger counters

[Charles Lee at Prop Per]

What is the half-life of a radioactive Corvair, anyway ?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoffrey A Johnson" <geoffj at unm.edu>
To: <LonzoVair at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: FW: <VV> government corvairs/geiger counters


> Lon, They can be a kind of a pain in the butt to maintain. Yes I am the
> kind of freak who has a working geiger counter.
>
> My buddy bought the crazy atomic corvair.  The PO was a loon, thats why it
> was welded up in a garage.
> Ill give it a buzz with the counter for kicks, but I am sure it is clean!
>
> -Geoff Johnson
>
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 LonzoVair at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>> I got a catalog from one of my "hunting/military surplus" places....
>> "Sportsmans..." something, and they had some old surplus Geiger counters
>> for  sale...
>> bright yellow with the old triangle and the "CD" in the middle, old
>> "Civilian Defense" stuff... runs off D batteries... I wanted to buy one,
>> just to
>> have... and maybe check the "warmth" of an old piece of uranium ore that
>> I've  had
>> since I was a kid... in an old "Boy Scout" mineral ore collection... it's
>> about the size of a big marble... not big enough for Doc Brown to use in
>> his
>> flux capacitor....
>> If I can dig up the catalog I'll post the company web site or phone
>> number... they were in the $60 range, if I remember correctly.
>> Later,
>> Lonzo
>>
>> Lon Anderson  in White Mills, KY
>> CORSA, Corvanatics, Derby City Corvair, Central Ky  Corvair
>> Quart Low Quarterly Editor
>> 1961 Greenbrier 110/pg
>> 1963  Greenbrier 110/4spd
>> 1964 700 sedan 95/pg
>> 1969 Monza  110/pg
>>
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