<VV> Corvair Value - Jay Leno "influence"

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/3/2010 1:03:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
bonanz01 at myfairpoint.net writes:

I just  think that the potential Corvairistas have been lead to believe
that 'Vairs  ain't worth Dog Poop!

What do YOU think? 

I like Jay a lot, but  I think he may have screwed-up here.................

Or am I full of  it?

Oh, and no DOG in my household at present, and I don't own a  "Scooper".....

And PLEEZE don't kill the Messenger,  okay?
 
 
I am on the record as loving Corvairs - I even still have one of the Orange 
 Bumper stickers. But I am also kind of a cheapskate - despite also loving 
cars  in general. I have way too many. I know the value of a nice car. I 
have paid  $3000 for a Corvair - never more. The $3000 Corvair was not a 
particularly good  deal, either. Just a whim of a purchase - that I am still 
paying for - Trying to  make it "right". I just picked up a 2002 Camaro, probably 
an autocross car  project, for $2900. It is well equipped - for what I was 
seeking, and a  safe, easy to drive, reasonable economical (V6, 5-speed) car 
in good  condition. It also has working air bags, cold Air Conditioning and 
just  passed smog test.  I don't know why any Corvair should be worth 
$10,000 -  And I mean any! Yes, you could "invest"- to use the term loosely - 
more  than that in a car to make it nicer than Chevy ever built. Why? because 
you like  the car? Fine, spend the money! The inflation of the muscle car 
market has  always seemed a bit odd to me. To see it possibly influence the 
Corvair  "market", is disappointing. I like to see people appreciate the car 
for what it  is and what it represents. Unlike the 67 Camaro, that some 
frustrated 55  year old still remembers was the car that the football quarterback 
used to score  with the cheerleader back in his high school. And now he has 
to have one,  because now he can afford to reward a hoarder or an 
auctioneer!  
A pox on them! Well, maybe not the cheerleader, she, too is pushing 55, and 
 now drives a Lexus.
 
Anyway, explain to me why a Corvair - any Corvair, except, maybe, the Monza 
 GT or SS - should bring more than $10,000. Would the person who pays more 
than  that be more likely to join a Corvair Club, or bring their car out to 
a meeting,  or autocross their car -(showing it's better traits)?  I only 
hope  they lose their shirts on the deal - again, not speaking of the 
cheerleader,  here - just the speculator.
 
Seth Emerson