<VV> Corvair and their lack of appeal

[Lanning14 at aol.com]

I've read the comments on this topic and agree with all. My prospective is  
maybe a little different.
 
When I hit my first mid-life crisis and started looking for something to  
'restore my youth', I was attracted to the Corvair because it had good looks  
with unique engineering and attractive pricing. 
 
During the 60's I had a 64 and 69 Olds 4-4-2. I guess I had my share of  
muscle car madness before it became expensive. I agree most of the people  bidding 
high prices on muscle cars probably never owned one. Eventually they  will be 
stuck with an expensive car and no takers. Muscle cars are a  dime-a-dozen. 
When you attend a rod run or local car show, it seems like  there are more 
muscle cars now than when they were new. It gets boring  seeing large numbers of 
Camaro's, Corvettes, Chevelle's, etc. in row  after row. Personally, I wanted 
something different. The Corvair meets the  requirement. People stop and want 
to talk about them. They rarely see one  and 'yes' they owned one years ago. I 
can get as much attention showing or  driving one of my Vairs as someone with 
an exotic Ferrari and guess  who spent a lot less. The Vair is still truly a 
'poor man's classic'  and in some ways I hope that never changes.
 
John Lanning
Member: CORSA, Derby City Corvair, V-8 Registry
1966 Corsa Conv, 140 AC
1965 Corsa 4.5L coupe  



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