<VV> Club meeting

[Rick & Janet Norris]

The 69 vert I had for awhile was my first and some things about driving a 
convertible were a first for me. They are definitely nosier, especially the 
engine noise. Usually when I was cruising in mine on the big interstate 
highway the semi trucks running along side were the loudest. There're tires 
seem to make the most noise. I usually drove the speed limit which mean't 
EVERYONE was passing me.
I always felt I was looking up at the lug nuts!
Surprisingly with the top up and windows closed the wind noise was far less 
than my wife's Ford Escort under the same conditions.

Now that nice weather is here I miss the rag top.

Rick Norris


> Some of you may know, in an effort to get our members to drive their 
> Corvair
> to meeting, we have a friendly competition between Earlies versus Lates. 
> Our
> club is strongly dominated by Earlies and this has resulted in "them"
> winning our competition for more than a year. Last month was the first 
> meeting  that
> my sedan attended. To make this event more special, I also arranged to get
> my coupe to the meeting. I called all of the LM owners to get as many LM 
> to the
> meeting as possible. We pulled it off and won the competition. Tonight was
> the  payback. The EM guy were determined to get the title back. To try to 
> add a
> bit  of humor to the whole thing, I drove my LM sedan up to Terry Kalp's 
> shop
> so I  could drive one of his EMs to the meeting. The weather was perfect 
> for
> a  convertible, so I got to drive Terry's 64 the 30 miles to the meeting. 
> Man,
> that  was cool. I didn't get the ribbing I expected from the guys. The 
> ride
> back to  the shop was a little colder, still has the top down, but it was 
> just
> as fun. I  need to get me one of those, I LM though...
> Just one question, do you vert driver's ever get used to the noise of the
> other traffic on the highway? I kept thinking someone was trying to run me 
> over.
>
>
> Ned  Madsen
> MCCA President - Wichita, KS
> 1966 Corsa 140/4 speed
> 1965 500  Sedan 95/PG
> www.KansasCorvairs.org