<VV> XL100

Steven steven at sashimi.org
Sun Jan 27 20:42:50 EST 2008


... or maybe it was just an RCA television repair van (RCA XL-100)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Loving" <ral1963 at comcast.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> XL100


> Alright, I'm hooked.  I mean hook line and sinker....
> I realize it isn't close to April 1st but I'll jump in with both feet
> anyway...
>
> I have all the literature, old and new, listened to every old timers
> story and tale about GM proto type this and prototype that...I have a
> whole collection of stuff.
>
> I have newer heard of the XL-100.  I scanned the pictures very
> carefully, looking for any hint of photochopping or other editing and
> couldn't find any.
>
> Is this truly a GM one of kind extended FC or a home built?
>
> Can anyone with any real story behind this vehicle please write up
> something for us( or at least send me an email telling me I've been
> duped and to wipe the egg off my face)
>
> Please help set me straight on this....
>
> Rick Loving
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> XL100
>
> Hi everyone, I hope all of you have had a chance to look at the
> pictures that Scott Trunkhill posted at http://corvair.us/e/XL-100 .
> You will notice that the rear fixed windows are elongated to
> compensate for the additional 5" in wheelbase length. I thought GM
> was rather clever, in using 0ver 40 years ago, what we know all know
> to mean extra length (XL) and the play on the 100 versus
> 95 for the regular FC line. This apparently was an attempt to compete
> with Ford's extended Econoline trucks of the same era.
> Unfortunately like everything else Corvair, the idea was abandoned
> when the FC line production ceased.
>
> FrontMan
>
>
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