<VV> Falcon restoration, was: New slogan - "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ?

[Robby]

I have three Corvairs - a 61 Monza coupe, a 64 Spyder convertible and a 65
Monza coupe and two Falcons - a 63 1/2 Futura convertible and a 64 Futura
coupe.  If I was forced to sell some cars, the Corvairs would go first -
mainly because in terms of value, the Falcons will always bring more and are
going up in value - the Corviars seem to be stagnant.

Robby

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 4:18 PM, airvair at earthlink.net <
airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:

>  All two of them? LOL
>
> In case you missed my point, I really am not that serious with that thread.
> I'm having fun with it. After all, I've always said that in it's day, the
> Falcon was the world's best beater. What it did, it did well (merely get you
> from point A to point B). But it was STILL a beater, the original throwaway
> car. And all that in the spirit of the great F**d/Chevy rivalry. So lighten
> up. Life's so much better when you laugh.
>
> -Mark (still pulling your leg...)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Robby <vintagevwbeetles at gmail.com>
> *To: *airvair at earthlink.net
> *Cc: *Charles Lee <chaz at properproper.com>; Sethracer at aol.com;
> rbuckridge at comcast.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org; jvhroberts at aol.com
> *Sent:* 2/15/2010 5:06:56 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Falcon restoration, was: New slogan - "She's real fine, my
> four twenty eight" ?
>
> What would be wrong with restoring a Falcon?  The Falcon folks probably
> wonder why anyone would restore a Corvair!!!!  As the owner of both, they
> are both worth it in my view.  Maybe this is the reason there is waning
> interest in Corvairs - folks like you are so narrow minded that you run off
> would be enthusaists !!!  Corvairs are not the only cars worth owning just
> in case you didn't realize this.
>
> Robby
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:46 PM, airvair at earthlink.net <
> airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Why would anyone in their right mind restore a Falcon? Next thing you
>> know,
>> somebody probably will have restored a Toyopet. LOL
>>
>> In all seriousness, though, I could see preserving an original, just
>> because it has survived. Or maybe restoring a Falcon Sprint with buckets
>> and a 289 (the pre-Mustang competition to the Corvair Spyder). But short
>> of
>> that, it still begs the question, WHY?
>>
>> -Mark
>>
>> > [Original Message]
>> > From: Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProPer.com>
>> > Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ?
>> >
>> > So we need to be PC to Mustangs, so as not to hurt their little
>> feelings,
>> > now ?
>> >
>> > They probably think the Beach Boys should have sung "She's real fine, my
>> > four twenty eight" ?
>> >
>> > We have "Tough Little Buggy" but no one ever wrote "Tough Little Bird of
>> > Prey" did they ? No, they didn't.
>> >
>> > I saw a nicely restored 1965 Falcon yesterday, and thought it looked
>> nice,
>> > but only because it was old, no other reason.
>> >
>> > A nice 1965 Corvair is just plain beautiful, and the engineering
>> underneath
>> > is amazing.
>> >
>> > The Falcon has no such claim to fame, and its stepchild Mustang still
>> has
>> > little of the sophistication that went so under appreciated then as now.
>> >
>> > I see see people "appreciate" and nice old Corvair, not for its
>> engineering,
>> > but simply because it's "old" which is the only thing the Falcon has in
>> > common.
>> >
>> > Alas !  People still don't understand what made the Corvair unique and
>> few
>> > ever will  ...
>> >
>> > Charlie
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: <jvhroberts at aol.com>
>> > Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - caution!
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Say 4 point 9 to the Mustnag guys, and they'll have a fit! LOL
>> > >
>> > > John Roberts
>> > >
>>
>>
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