<VV> Mainstreaming Corvairs in car shows

[Rick Norris]

I will have the 67 purple vert out to several car shows this week end. It 
usually gets lots of attention and sometimes gets an award. I don't go to 
win anything as it's a driver quality car but, the Royal Plumb paint and 
being a drop top seems to attract more attention than any other Corvair I 
have owned including my concours V8 Vair. The women especially remark on the 
color. They know plum, guys just think it's purple! I think it's great.
Weather here in the Mountain State is predicted to be sunny, warm and dry. I 
be cruzin!

Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
1967 Royal Plum Monza Convertible
www.corvairalley.com


> Tonight, I was bored. So I decided to go to the Garden Grove Main Street 
> Car
> Show here in So. California. It is a street rod, muscle car show & shine
> every Friday night.  As you would guess, mine was the only Corvair. I keep
> her nice and clean even though she is a daily driver. Her amateur paint 
> job
> (previous owner) has a few sags and LOTS of orange peel texture. She is a 
> 10
> footer. I don't go to shows to win anything; just to have fun and expose 
> the
> public to Corvairs.
> Throughout the night I had lots of people come up to look at my Spyder. Of
> course I got the typical "Nader" comments but most were genuinely
> interested, asked good questions and gave me complements.
> Well, As you would have it, I won the Special Interest Trophy tonight. 
> When
> my car was announced, I got a great ovation. After the awards were given
> out, I got many people congratulating me and said how they liked my car 
> and
> were glad that I brought her.
> It seems to me that Corvairs are beginning to get the respect that they
> deserve from the general public.
 Dave Thompson

 63 Spyder Vert