<VV> '62 Van camper resto

[Lonny Clark]

There is a Corvair collector near me (southern Oregon) who has an early
rampy (looked like a '61 or '62 to me, but I'm not expert on FCs) with a "US
Navy" metal plate with a serial number affixed to it. Kind of hard to tell
what color it was originally (unless it was rust-colored :) ), it is not one
of his restored/running Corvairs.

Lonny

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Dennis Johnsey USN (ret) <
dilligras at yahoo.com> wrote:

> "May I ask what this vehicle has to do with Military History?  Even in
> TeXas!! gg"
>
> According to several semi-reliable sources (an ex-Air Force guy I shoot
> pool with and a veteran visitor to the museum), the Corvair FC was used by
> both the Air Force and the Navy as shop trucks.  Of course, we all know what
> liars Texans are, so caveat emptor, n'est-ce pas?  Why, one time I was
> leading a tour and I even had a group of old farts in wheelchairs try to
> tell me that they were in the P-38 squadron that shot down Yamamoto over
> Bouganville.
> The only military connection with this particular van is that it's owner is
> a volunteer tour guide at the museum.  After the rust and painting is dealt
> with, it will be wrapped with Texas military forces insignia and images of
> the museum's exhibits (like the diorama with Davy Crockett swinging Ol'
> Betsy like a baseball bat in front of the Alamo) to promote the museum to
> the local public.
> Maybe mount twin .30s in the sunroof, eh?
> Dennis
>
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