<VV> the crazy things people say about Vairs'

[Ray Rodriguez]

     Today my town (lake ariel, pa) had a car show/chili festival... neat combo!


     My car is scattered all over my garage so I didn't have a Corvair to show off, but an older gent (my boss's father actually) with a light blue 63 monza vert showed up and promptly abandoned his car in favor of the chili..... tons of people were stopping at the rear of his car and making all kinds of crazy statements about Corvairs so I stepped in to give out Corvair info.  It was kind of strange having to first tell everyone.. "this isn't my car, but.....", but I had quite a few long Corvair related conversations and left a bunch of people with some food for thought.  

     One guy asked "do you really have to keep the tire pressure lower in the front or is that just a rumour?"  so I showed him the sticker inside the glove box.  A second fellow told the guy with him that Corvairs were outlawed!   Another, who I was told owns two Corvairs (poor things), declared to all standing nearby that after Chevy quit building the car they announced publicly that they were a deathtrap.... he also harshly critisized this nice little car for having an electic fuel pump... and told everyone around that if you didnt back out the e-brake adjusters EXACTLY 22 clicks one of the rear wheels would lock up and the car would flip over..... where do people get this stuff?  Naturally I defended our cars.... much to his disgruntlement- after all I'm just a dumb kid <gg>.  I got to hear a couple of people mutter to their husband or wife "that kid knows his cars" as they walked away.

     Moral of the story?  Never leave your Corvair undefended at a car show!!!


Ray Rodriguez
CORSA member
65' Corsa 140/4 coupe under construction
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