<VV> Corvair stolen yesterday - Let's get together and find them !

[Charles Lee]

A long while back, one of two my silver 62 Monza wagons was stolen, and I 
reported it.

I then drove the other one, and it made me wonder why was I not stopped ?

I called the Suffolk County police and asked if there was any progress and 
they told me how hard they were working on it and how important it was to 
find it.

I then "mentioned" that I was driving an identical car and wondered why I 
had not been stopped.

Bad move !

The next day I was stopped by no less than a half-dozen police cruisers with 
lights and sirens, guns drawn as I was arrested at a local gas station.

That took most of the afternoon, but I finally was able to say "Good job 
guys.  Now find the one that's in someone's garage."

They has their fun, and I wasn't stopped any more.

I found my car a few months later in the same precinct's impound yard, where 
it had been sitting all that time after being stripped and abandoned.

Let's get together and find that car !  Unless it's in Mexico (probably is), 
it should turn up ?
The yellow EM Monza convert in Winchester, CA, and what looks like a 
familiar 1969 Monza convert recently in Palm Springs, CA should not be hard 
to find (unless they're parted out) ?

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray R. (aka Grymm)" <vairguy at echoes.net>
To: "Vairtec Corporation" <Vairtec at optonline.net>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair stolen yesterday - keep your eyes peeled


>I got locked out of the Corsa coupe a couple months back...  kinda funny I
> changed the door locks to new ones, then went out of town without taking 
> the
> new key with me  =P.
>
> Anyway I used a plastic coat hanger to just reach in from between the 
> front
> and rear glass and pop the lock button up....   the whole ordeal lasted 
> less
> than a minute and resulted in not the tiniest bit of damage to the car...
>
> And we all know (and so do a lot of high school kids) what a joke an old
> fashioned ignition switch in the dash is.....  look up under the dash and
> without breaking or unbolting a single thing there's all the wires you 
> need
> to do an old fashioned hotwire job!  I'm in even worse shape...  a while
> back I started up the Corsa and moved it, as I got out of the car I 
> realized
> the key I had in the ignition was the key to a completely different 
> car....
> my ignition switch works with a screwdriver... and I didnt' even know it.
>
> I got a replacement switch today, assuming I can get it turning freely.. 
> tis
> a bit corroded =P.
>
> Ray R.
>
>
>> Plus, this car is a convertible.  You can lock it, but there has hardly
>> been a car made that is easier to break into than a late model Corvair
>> convertible.  If you don't feel like cutting the roof with a knife, you
>> can just pull the door glass aside.
>>
>> --Bob Marlow
>>
>>
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