<VV> Corvair Ownership

[Roger Gault]

I have to agree.  I re-built mine from a $200 non-running rustbucket 27
years ago - took me every weekend for 13 months.  It's still my daily
driver.  Except for some rocker panel welding I have done every bit of work
on the car, including painting it 3 times.  I still drive down the road
thinking, "Damn, I love this car!"  I am irrationally proud of the car.  You
can't buy that.

I tell my friends it's a perfect match for my personality, "Technically
advanced for it's time, and a little off center."

Roger Gault
The "other" Roger, the one who LIKES the fruitcakes on this list.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mhicks130 at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair Ownership


> > ********************************************
> > With any collector car, the smartest way is to buy the best, most
> > restored car you can afford. In the long run, it's virtually always the
> > cheapest way... it costs more to get a given car to a given condition
> > than most cars in that condition are worth.
> <snip>
> > ********************************************
>
> It surely is the smartest way but it isn't necessarily the funnest way.
Working on your own car can be very rewarding.  The more you do with it the
more it becomes "yours".  Plus, at some point even the nicest restored car
will need to be worked on.  With our Corvairs it can be hard to find someone
who knows how to work on them so the more you know, the better.  I love
working on mine.  I love driving it even more I must admit.