<VV> Underrated Corvair is a Sleeper: "America's CheapestHardtop" ? Yeah...

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

I was driving my 1960 Buick Flxible hearse, all 19 feet and 7000 lbs of her, 
with my "I LOVE MY CORVAIR" bumper sticker on the vault-like tailgate.

Somebody looks at my version of the Queen Mary and quips, "I didn't know 
Corvair made a station wagon."

Hmmmm... "Yeah, they did, but ... " and I left it at that.

There was room for Tommy Ivo's quad engines in the back of this thing, but 
it still wouldn't be a Corvair.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <AeroNed at aol.com>
To: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Underrated Corvair is a Sleeper: "America's 
CheapestHardtop" ? Yeah...


>
> In a message dated 8/20/2006 2:54:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> chaz at ProperProPer.com writes:
>
> Many  GTO, 442, and Charger owners have shaken their heads in disbelief,
> demanding to see "What's under the hood ?" and even more so when I'd have 
> to
> say, "No, the engine is back here !"
>
>
>
> That's one of my favorites. Many times it follows with an argument on the
> Corvair being a "real" Chevy. That's mostly from the young guys. One guy 
> at
> work, a "There's no good American cars," asked me why I was buying a 
> Corvair to
> autocross. I said, rear air cooled engine, 4 wheel independent suspension,
> plenty of brakes and about 2500 pounds. He said, "I thought you were 
> getting a
> Corvair, that sounds like a Porsche." My reply, "Yup, a but it's
> all-American."
>
> My all time favorite was from a HS kid at a gas station, "So, what kind of
> Honda is that?"
>
> Ned
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