<VV> Mainstreaming the vairforce

[Russ Moorhouse]

Gary Rinehart <doduckinn at centurytel.net> wrote


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There should be a certain amount of pride in any endeavor, and is not lack
of that emotion with Corvair Owners.  But equally important to the human
emotion to something akin to snobbery.  We see it every time we go to a
gathering of Packard's, Mustangs, Pontiacs, Corvettes, T-Birds, etc."
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Russ responds:

I've never noticed this myself, but now I'm wondering if this person isn't 
correct:

A fellow Corvair owner in our local, "non-Corvair", car club has taken their 
car to a 2 day Corvair event twice and even took a prize for their car. 
Overall they came away from the 2 shows feeling that Corvair owners were the 
biggest snobs they ever met. They also requested them to bring their 
Corvairs to some of our local clubs charity events shows, but they never 
have.  So it would appear that people are coming away with this feeling of 
snobbery when they attend any car club event that's devoted to any one type 
of car, even Corvairs.

Both of us take our Corvairs to other shows and cruise-ins and the get a lot 
of attention with our cars.  I've attended many other car shows without my 
car and only twice have I seen a Corvair at any of them.  The last one I 
came across was at a Cruise-in in Dover, DE and that was the day a DE. 
Corvair club was having it's yearly big show.  I asked him why he wasn't 
there and he said he liked coming to these type events because of the wide 
variety of autos there, and talking to the people who remember these cars. 
Then he said Corvair shows only draw in Corvair people, not the public like 
a cruise-in does.

We're located between two Corvair clubs and only once has a Corvair shown up 
at any of our clubs events from one of these clubs, even though they have 
been invited.  What's the deal here??  Are Corvair owners really snobs or 
come across to others as such?  Are they afraid of not getting the 
glory/attention if they attended another show?  That certainly hasn't been 
my case.  I once had more people looking at my Corvair and talking with me 
than owner of  the beautiful Ford roadster next to me at one cruise in. 
Maybe Corvair owners are more of a cult and only want to associate with 
fellow cult members, the same as Corvette, Packard, and other cars mentioned 
above and to be appreciated only by like minded people.

Get out and show them, or you'll never get the attention of the young people 
outside of the Corvair Cult.

Russ Moorhouse
'65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
Kent Island, MD

PS:  I had my Corvair parked outside of Mc Donald's a few weeks ago.  My 
wife and I were walking out behind behind two young boys, about 12 or 13 
years old.  They got on their bikes and the one boy noticed the Corvair and 
got all excited over it.  He didn't notice us coming behind them and he kept 
telling his friend what a beautiful car it was and going all around it. 
When we opened it up he had a bunch of questions and praise for it.  I think 
his friend was a lost cause, but this boy is the kind we need to reach out 
to. That experience was worth more to me than any trophy!!