<VV> Driver's Test

[ChiefTAM at aol.com]

You know, just from this little thread, with only a few replies, highlights 
 for me some of the issues everyone has been talking about with Corvairs, 
CORSA,  and our hobby.  We have a lot of experience on this web, cause many 
of you  were driving long before Corvair's existed.  That is also the 
challenge, to  bring in the younger folks to love our cars and carry on.  I too was 
born  before the Corvair was first brought out, and I am getting older 
(still feel  young though) but I do remember growing up with them.  We have to 
get the  younger crowd interested in the beautiful and stylish Corvair 
instead of the Jap  stuff.  Although I have a turbo on one of mine, we won't ever 
see hotted up  Vairs with HP Turbos, Superchargers, Nitrous and big cans 
like the imports, but  you can put a wicked stereo system in the trunk and 
still look cool, something  that everybody else doesn't have.  My son is 20, and 
loves the looks of the  Vair, and to drive them, but lots of his friends 
and the 20-somethings have no  clue what they are.  I guess it will always be 
a struggle.  Has anyone  ever set up a Facebook page for Corvairs?  Might 
give us some  exposure.
 
Todd in TX
 
 
In a message dated 3/21/2010 1:49:03 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
dave.thompson at verizon.net writes:


I  took my learner's permit Driver's test in my Dad's 61 2-door Corvair  
back
in 1972 (15-1/2 years old). A few hours later that same day, I soloed  in
Dad's 1951 Cessna 170. 6-months later, my 16th birthday was on a  Saturday. 
I
took and passed my Private Pilot check ride. Sunday, I had to  ask my
girlfriend to drive me to the airport so I could take her for a  ride.
Monday, I went to the DMV and took and passed my driver test (in  Dad's 61
Corvair)and got my full driver's license. When I got home, My Mom  & Dad 
gave
me the 61 Corvair. No, they didn't give me the 170, but I  had my own set of
keys<SMILE>.

Dave Thompson
63  Spyder
Lakewood,  CA


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