<VV> re;Corvette

Tue Aug 22 06:42:43 EDT 2006

Interesting as I find the Corvettes easy to drive fast and never a handful though very different from the Corvair.  Due to it's modified nature for SCCA Solo2, the vette is pretty loud, but date cars haven't been an issue with me for decades so I generally haven't worried about outside evaluations.  I just drive it and enjoy it.  Same with the Corvair.

Mark Noakes

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Allen" <andyman260 at yahoo.com>
> To: virtualVairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> re;Corvette
> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:52:18 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> 
> I have a similiar experience. My first car was a '65
> Monza 110/4speed I drove from 15 1/2 to almost 19
> yaers old. I did a shadetree resto on it and you are
> right, even in 1976 that car and it's sharp maroon
> paint really caught peoples eye in the nicest way. I
> loved it, my freinds loved it (driving it too) and I
> was way into the whole Corvair thing from the get go.
> 
> In 1978 a friend of my dad needed cash and a beat-up
> and neglected '70 350/350 4 sp. 'vette became my
> project car. With the help of my friends (I know,
> friends don't let friends drive...) we got it on the
> road and with a well paying job at the Amoco Refinery
> in Whiting I was cruising in a pretty sharp 8 year old
> Corvette at 18 years old.
> 
> The 'vair was delightful to drive while the 'vette was
> a chore. Rough, tail happy (power oversteer), hot and
> loud. Girlz would go on one date in the 'vette and ask
> if we could take their car next time and that NEVER
> happeneed in the Corvair. The Corvette handled well,
> it had the HD suspension, and was very fast.
> 
> I sold the Monza just before leaving for Purdue and
> regretted it instantly. I sold the Corvette when I
> couldn't afford driving it 5 years later while working
> 3 jobs and was relieved to see it go.
> 
> The '62 at the convention is much more fun to travel
> in and drive than the '70 but I'm really looking
> forward to being behind the wheel of my '66 Corvair
> when it's back together.
> 
> Andy Allen
> CORSA Member
> 
> --- Ray Rodriguez <reray at echoes.net> wrote:
> 
> > My turn to take part in the vette thread!
> >
> >      I had a bright red 1968 Corvette convertible
> > for about three and a half years.  I spent the first
> > one and a half restoring it.  The car was beautiful,
> > and I loved it as much as one might expect.  The car
> > handled and rode much better then you might think (I
> > drove it from Pennsylvania to Texas and back).
> >
> >      As much as I loved that car I don't miss it
> > terribly much.  My biggest problem was I was always
> > terrified to park it anywhere.  It would have been a
> > rediculously easy car for even an idiot kid to steal
> > for a joyride, and had enough desireable parts that
> > a pro might take it (doubtful, but possible).       The funny thing is that during 
> > my ownership of
> > the vette I bought my first Vair (a 66 monza 110
> > PG).  I was astonished that my slightly beat up
> > (needed paint and interior) Corvair drew more
> > attention then my Vette ever did.  Certainly more
> > desireable attention.... most people didnt have very
> > nice things to say about a 20 year old kid in a
> > classic corvette vert!!!  Everybody assumed I had a
> > rich daddy, not that I scrounged every penny I
> > could, took out a cash loan, and then restored it
> > largely myself.      As stated earlier I dont miss that corvette
> > terribly much (most of the time anyway), but man did
> > I miss that vair' that I sold a little while before
> > the vette!  Now I'm working on restoring my 65 Corsa
> > coupe and have no regrets at all!
> >
> >
> > Ray Rodriguez
> > CORSA member
> > 65' Corsa coupe 140/4spd
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