<VV> Fw: Naming Corvairs - oops ! make that "1969" !

[Charles Lee]

OK, that should have been "1969" since my 1959 Corvair was much too rare to 
paint names on the rear quarter panel !

Cz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProPer.com>
To: "n5hsr" <n5hsr at sprynet.com>; "Barry Gershenfeld" <gbarry42 at gmail.com>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Naming Corvairs


> In 1968, when I had an order in for a 1968 Mustang fastback 302CI/345 HP
> special order that fell through, I took my $1000 deposit and bought a 1965
> Corsa 140 convertible.
>
> Since the Mustangs, etc, were called "Pony Cars," and I liked Linda
> Ronstadt, of course I named her "Stone Poney" with the same "font" as used
> on Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys' LP.
>
> My 1959 was then "Stone Poney Vol.II"
>
> It seemed right at the time ...
>
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "n5hsr" <n5hsr at sprynet.com>
> To: "Barry Gershenfeld" <gbarry42 at gmail.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:55 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Naming Corvairs
>
>
>> What's really scary is that the word Bash as in Dick means something else
>> to
>> amateur radio operators around the time of the Corvair and a bit later.
>>
>> Me, I end up sticking the variable QAPLA in programs when I test them.
>> Of
>> course, we want it to be true, 1 or 'Y' (depending on the program).
>>
>> Maybe that's what I'll name my next Corvair.  Came close to naming one of
>> my
>> other cars Cemepka  in Cyrillic. (needs an umlaut over the 2d e)
>>
>> Charles Fregeau
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Barry Gershenfeld" <gbarry42 at gmail.com>
>> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 00:29
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Naming Corvairs
>>
>>
>>>I am not into naming things unless it happens serendipitously.  But
>>>somehow,
>>> my trusty, rusty, now-quite-the-beater 61 coupe got named "bash".  It's
>>> not
>>> an unreasonable name for something in that condition, but as a bonus, 
>>> the
>>> name (lowercase and all) would make any Linux lover snort milk out their
>>> nose.  My wife and I accuse each other of having named it, so I don't
>>> even
>>> know how it started.
>>> .
>>> Sadly, these cars have reached the ends of their lives and I don't seem
>>> to
>>> work on them anymore.  So unless someone in southern Ca has an interest
>>> in
>>> dreadful stuff like this, they probably have some recycling in their
>>> future.
>>> .
>>> So the other one, a 63 4-door, has been quietly accumulating the bad
>>> engine,
>>> transmission, axles, and whatever-else over the years--that one I would
>>> have
>>> to name "Dorian".  An OK body, but who wants a early four door?
>>> .
>>> Seems funny they get named on their "way out".
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