<VV> Corsas with 3 speeds? Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 41, Issue 7

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Is there any data on how many Corsas were with 3 speeds? How many turbos verses 140's? I am sure some unscrupulous car salesmen hawked them off on unsuspecting buyers that didn't question the transmission option.

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>From: FrankCB at aol.com
>Sent: Jun 2, 2008 7:40 PM
>To: mhicks130 at cox.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Corsas with 3 speeds? Re:   VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 41,	Issue 7
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>But what person in their right mind would order an  extra-cost Corsa with 
>only a 3 speed manual??  I would never have believed  it until I went to NYC to 
>look at a beautiful 140 Corsa convertible many years  ago and I saw only 3 
>speeds on the shift lever.  I thought it was in error  until the owner confirmed 
>it WAS only 3 speeds and when I drove it I found out  it was certainly only 3 
>speed.  I definitely would have bought it anyway  (could have switched to a 4 
>speed) but the owner finally decided he didn't want  to sell it.
>    So, you're right, a 4  speed WAS optional on Corsas.
>    Frank Burkhard
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>In a message dated 6/2/2008 7:31:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
>mhicks130 at cox.net writes:
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>Posi  wasn't standard on Corsas (or any other model).  Not only that,  
>neither was the 4-speed transmission.  Stock for Corsas was the three  
>speed, just like everyone else. 
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