<VV> RE: Frank Responds Re: dust busted, (some Corvair) ...

Ron ronh at owt.com
Mon Sep 24 22:18:43 EDT 2007


"Dustbuster" is almost as dumb as "Suicide Doors"!

RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>
To: <FrankCB at aol.com>; <ScottyGrover at aol.com>; <TTuttlelandscape at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:43 PM
Subject: <VV> RE: Frank Responds Re: dust busted, (some Corvair) ...


> Frank,
>
> I fully realize that, and didn't mean to direct it personally to you. But 
> it's like the Big Lie that keeps being repeated, and repeated, and 
> repeated, until it becomes an accepted "fact". I've said ever since day 
> one that it was a totally false impression, and for the reasons I cited. 
> It was originally meant as a hateful slam against an otherwise good 
> vehicle, and no doubt coined by some idiot who didn't have a clue, let 
> alone good eyesight. But every time I hear someone use that term I try to 
> point out the error of their ways. Not that one person will make much 
> difference in the world. But maybe it'll give at least ONE other person 
> pause to think. Heck, I even had to correct my own mother on it.
>
> I say HELP STAMP OUT THE "DUSTBUSTER" MISNOMER!
>
> -Mark (hoping my thoughts on this will spread...)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From:
> To: airvair at earthlink.net;ScottyGrover at aol.com;TTuttlelandscape at aol.com
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Sent: 9/23/2007 11:55:33 PM
> Subject: Frank Responds Re: dust busted, (some Corvair) ...
>
>
> Mark,
>    The term "Dustbuster" was a common reference to GM's plastic minivans 
> of that era.  Just do a Google search on "GM Dustbuster" and you'll find 
> over 100 entries that refer to those GM Minivans as "Dustbusters".  One 
> entry even says:  "Like GM's other orphans, Corvair, Vega, Fiero, Allante, 
> and Reatta, GM stopped production of the APV just when they were getting 
> it right."
>
>    So I didn't invent the term, Mark.  I'm just using what is the 
> generally accepted nickname for them.  I'm sorry that you don't like it. 
> But it doesn't detract from the usability and reliability of these 
> excellent vehicles.
>    Frank "already has glasses" Burkhard
>
>
> In a message dated 9/23/2007 9:28:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> airvair at earthlink.net writes:
> It may be just me, but having owned a '95 TransSport since new, the term
> "dustbuster" really grates against me. If there was anything on the road
> that looked like a "dustbuster" it was the first gen F**D Aerostar 
> minivan.
> A guy around here has a tan one, and the lines and front grille make it
> look for all the world like a giant dustbuster. Just look at its lines.
> Seriously. Not so any of the "All Plastic Vans" from GM. The lines aren't
> EVEN close.
>
> Now maybe it has an "anteater" look to it, as someone once said. And I
> could live with that term.
>
> But the A.P.V. resembling a dustbuster?? NO WAY, JOSE! You seriously need
> glasses, man.
>
> -Mark
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: <FrankCB at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> converting a 2nd gen corvair to 3.8 buick engine
>>
>> Scotty,
>>     The 3.8 Buick engine is a V6 and fairly recent  vintage.  It was used
> in
>> the Turbo Buicks and I have a later version in my  1995 Pontiac Trans
> Sport
>> "Dustbuster".
>>
>>     Frank "good memory for some things" Burkhard
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