<VV> RE: What kind of Corvair?

[Mark Noakes]

My 66 frequently gets the thumbs up from the import tuner crowd...I think they think that it is a foreign car too.

Mark Noakes

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> From: "mopar at jbcs2.net" <mopar at jbcs2.net>
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> RE: What kind of Corvair?
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:25:44 -0400
> 
> 
> Your story reminds me of about 10 years ago we had a Corvair display at the
> Summit Park Mall for several days. We always tried to have someone on duty
> to watch over the cars and answer questions. Several people came up to us
> during the course of the display to ask how much the cars were, and which
> dealer they could be purchased from. To a lot of people, the Corvair looked
> like a "new" car, and many were suprised to find they were a classic car
> and no longer in production.........Many were suprised to find they were an
> American car, and I was even called a liar when I informed someone it was a
> Chevy.
> Gary Swiatowy
> 
> 
>     From: "Cliff Tibbitts" <tibbitts at qx.net>
> Subject: <VV> RE: What kind of Corvair?
> 
> This happened to another member of the club, so I am passing this on based
> on his word, but it certainly sounds believable.
> 
> Years ago, he had stopped at small mom and pops restaurant somewhere here in
> the middle of Kentucky.  It was one of those places that also had a set of
> gas pumps out front.  He and his wife had noticed some stares and comments
> made in the general direction of his late model Corvair.
> 
> As he was leaving, he decided to top off the tank so he pulled up to the
> pump.  As he was getting his gas, one of the other patrons had come out to
> the car.  "Settle a bet for me," he said.  "I bet a gentleman inside that
> this is a custom car.  I told him that the back half came off a Corvette and
> the front half was a Camaro."
> 
> My friend set him straight, I would have left him thinking he was right.
> 
> Cliff Tibbitts
> 
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