<VV> No-option cars and trucks

[J R Read_HML]

Ken,  You brought my attention to an error I made.  The Rampy also has 
single speed wiper.  I often joke about it being two speed - off and on.
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wildman, Kenneth" <k-wildman at onu.edu>
To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Tony 
Underwood" <tony.underwood at cox.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> No-option cars and trucks


> My first new car was a '65 Corvair 500.  Not a stripper but it would
> qualify as "unusually optioned".  I convinced my wife that the 110
> engine and 4 speed transmission was a "safety issue" <grin> and she
> insisted on the fold down rear seat for a place to put the baby bed (way
> before all of the child protection legislation for autos) .  We also had
> the rare radio-delete option, no seat belts, and single speed wipers.
>
> Those wipers caused many travel delays since we would have a tropical
> deluge around 3:00pm every day in Tallahassee.  I had to stop and wait
> for the rain to slow enough for the wipers to be effective.
>
> We managed to keep our monthly payments under $50 a month -- serious
> money for us when Penny's take-home from her job with the Florida
> Employment Commission was $150/month and my graduate research assistant
> stipend was $200 a month.
>
> Door jam switches?  We deen't need no steenking door jam switches.  :)
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of J R Read_HML
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:01 AM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org; Tony Underwood
> Subject: Re: <VV> No-option cars and trucks
>
> So, I guess my rampside is a "stripper".  No door jam switches (like
> 500s),
> bench seat (one less than 500s) <GRIN>, two speed wiper (500s?), no
> washer
> (500s?), no arm rests (I think 500s, not sure), no interior door panels
> (less than a 500 would have), visor only on driver side (500s had two I
> think), no BU lights, other stuff that escapes me just now.  BUT, it IS
> a
> truck and does everything a truck should do.  It DOES have a 4 speed
> tranny
> and a "stump puller" gear in first.  Think - shift to 2nd half way
> through
> the intersection!  Oh, no seat belts when built.
>
> I doubt that there is an answer to the question about how many
> "strippers"
> were built.
>
> Later, JR
>
> CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member
> '61 Rampside Standard 4/110
> '65 Monza Convertible 4/140
> "Keep the Love Alive"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Underwood" <tony.underwood at cox.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:54 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> No-option cars, was: Wierd combos on earlies...
>
>
>> At 09:22 AM 6/14/2010, Mike Stillwell wrote:
>>
>>>  One of my favorite customer cars was a '65 500 coupe Tuxedo Black
>>> with a teal interior. It had no options, except a spare tire lock.
>>> It was a radio delete car and had no exterior mirrors, until some
>>> were added years later. Bench seat with no seats belts, but with
>>> the 95/3 it was fun to drive.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I've noted that the blue '67 coupe here is a total stripper,
>> 95/3sp.   No radio, no nuthin.   It doesn't even have door jamb
>> domelite switches.
>>
>>
>> The question is:
>>
>> Just how many total strippers were built, percentage-wise?   One
>> doesn't often see even taxi-cab 'Vairs that don't even have a
>> radio.   Was it customary for 500s in '67 to have no domelite jamb
>> switches?
>>
>>
>>
>> tony..
>
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