<VV> Recruiting younger members

[Ron]

Oh yeah, give your 16 year old a Corvair with a 500 hp V8 and let him 
impress his friends!  Well, for a short while, anyway.  They're much safer 
in a Civic which is what they really want anyway.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Lanning14 at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Recruiting younger members


> Ken and All,
>
> First of all I read most of the postings to <VV>, but rarely respond. 
> This
> topic is close to my heart; so here's my take. Twenty-five years ago, I 
> tried
> Ken's approach to recruiting new members and it didn't work for me either.
> When my son turned 16 I bought him a really nice 65 '500' coupe and fixed 
> it up
> to attract his interest. He drove it, but I could never get him interested 
> in
> fixing it when it needed something done. Eventually I sold it when he went
> off to college.
>
> I'm taking a new approach to recruiting younger members and many 'old
> timers' will probably hate my idea since it involves altering a stock 
> vehicle, but
> I think it has merit. If you think back, interest in the Corvair  waned
> because young folks at the time wanted sporty and faster cars. The Corvair
> attracted many because it was sporty, but the advent of the  Mustang, GTO, 
> Camaro and
> such took them in another direction. It did  the same to me. It was simply
> easier to buy a 'muscle car' than to make a  Corvair competitive. Today, 
> young
> folks are still attracted to the  latest 'muscle cars' like the Mustang, 
> new
> Camaro and 'Rice  Rockets'. We need to give them what they want if we 
> expect the
> young  generation to take an interest in our hobby. Here's what I have 
> done to
> attract  my son again, who is now 40 and my two grandsons who are 6 and 4. 
> I
> bought a V-8  conversion and plan to use it for vintage racing. The two 
> young
> ones love to  ride in it and my son is impressed with the performance. I
> invited my son to  attend the upcoming Performance Workshop in Indy with 
> me and I
> invited him to  enter the Vair in local autocross events. I'm taking the 
> two
> young grandchildren  with us to watch until they are old enough to drive 
> too. At
> some point I hope  they gain enough interest to both enjoy the performance
> and restoration side of  our hobby. For most, the restoration side of 
> Corvairs
> has  no appeal to the young at first, but performance does. Once you get 
> them
> hooked, who knows what happens next. This is my approach and I hope it 
> works.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> John Lanning
> Member-CORSA, Derby City Corvair, V-8 Registry, PCG
> 1965 Corsa 4.5L coupe
> 1966 Corsa Conv 140  w/AC
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