<VV> tele column?

[shortle]

Any idea how many had Wood wheels verses how many had plastic wheels?
Timothy Shortle in (snowy) Durango Colorado


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>From: "airvair at earthlink.net" <airvair at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Feb 20, 2010 6:42 PM
>To: "N2VZD at aol.com" <N2VZD at aol.com>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> tele column?
>
>Depends on which style you're talking about. There was the '65-6 style, and
>the '67-9 style. Nothing above the pot joint coupler is interchangable
>between the two.
>
>The number produced for each year is as follows (listed by year, number
>built, and percent of run): '65 - 12,569 (5.30%) / '66 - 2248 (2.17%) / '67
>- 299 (1.10%) / '68 - 199 (0.01%) / '69 - 299 (0.05%). So you can see that
>it is very rare, particularly the '67-9 style. 
>
>And THAT is why I get upset every time I hear of a Corvair column falling
>into the hands of the Corvette vultures. Any more, I'm to the point where I
>don't consider anyone who would willingly sell one to a Corvette vulture to
>be a true Corvair person. Sure, I understand the economics in it. But to
>me, it's become high treason.
>
>A couple of years ago, I had a '67 column sitting in my shop when a
>Corvette friend dropped by. He spotted the column, and from that point on
>he was slobbering all over himself after that column. He tried everything
>he could think of to offer, starting with an outrageous amount of money for
>it. I turned him down flat, and continued not to budge no matter what he
>offered. He eventually offered to trade me an entire '66 Monza 4door,
>w/140, automatic, air, bumper guards, door guards, factory tutone, and
>more. I again turned him down flat. He sat on it for a good six months
>before giving up, and outright sold me the car for cheap. I eventually
>traded the column to a friend who needed it for his '67 Monza coupe. He and
>his wife are a "Mutt & Jeff" couple, so the column was DEFINATELY needed.
>But more importantly, it went into a CORVAIR, where it belonged.
>
>So never, never, NEVER sell a Corvair tele column to a Corvette vulture.
>What they do with it is chop it up, use the few pieces they want, and pitch
>the rest away. All it does is make the tele column in a Corvair even more
>rare than the production percentages and numbers indicate. My own thoughts
>are that there are probably less than 1000 '65-6 cars with it in, and fewer
>than 55 '67-9 cars with them. Of course, those are just my guestimations,
>as it's really impossible to find a true figure. I figure that with the
>Corvette vultures decimating our available parts supply, the severe
>attrition rate they have inflicted on us has cut tele column survival to
>probably half of the rate for the Corvair cars themselves.
>
>-Mark
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: <N2VZD at aol.com>
>> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Date: 2/20/2010 5:14:56 AM
>> Subject: Re: <VV> tele column?
>>
>> how many tele columns were really made???
>> i have one here in bad shape i was going to steal the wheel , or cob it  
>> into my lakewood some day. 
>>  maybe i should sell it and get some sort of wood wheel....
>> this is a job way in the future anyways.
>> it came in a package of parts i bought some time ago.i think it is
>missing  
>> a few parts , i have not studied it yet.
>> regards, tim colson
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