<VV> Richard Barone's '62 Monza Coupe in NJ

[peter koehler]

Thanks to Bill Stanley for the web link and the YouTube 
presentation. I thought I wanted to buy Richard's Corvair 
when I saw the Craigslist entry. I asked Bob Marlow for 
help looking it over for me since he was only 50 miles 
away. Bill did me one better by taking footage for 
YouTube. After seeing the condition of the trunk with the 
misplaced horn (no big deal) and the "external" brake line 
routing (very big deal!) I knew this car was not in as 
pristine a condition as the owner felt it was. Since he 
supposedly had an "offer" of $8k for the car from some guy 
in Florida, I was no longer in the hunt. Back to the car 
for a minute; once modifications like the brake line 
repair and the repaint of everything in the trunk are 
done, it doesn't make sense to make any assumptions about 
the installation of the gas heater. This car is so far 
from "stock" trunk-wise it wouldn't surprise me if the car 
also had a complete hot air heater system installed in 
tandem with the gas fired heater up front. Who knows who 
did the work and when?

Too bad. I would like to find an EM coupe to use as a 
driver. Right now all of my Corvairs are back in Michigan 
stored for the winter. The only coupe that I have in the 
collection is the crocus cream 1960 Monza that I bought 
from Don Schneider many years ago. Anyone out there have a 
early coupe/two door sedan/non hardtop/sporty little 
Corvair they would like to sell me? - Pete K in Slippery 
Driveway, PA