<VV> Perfect as is

[kevin nash]

Mark- For some of the rest of us, it is an insult to our intelligence that
changing from a generator to an alternator (for example) is a "modification"
and not an "improvement". Gm made many many "IMPROVEMENTS" to
the Corvair over the years, for safety and reliability reasons, kind of
putting a hole in the argument that all factory stock Corvairs are
perfect as is. 
Kevin Nash
 
 
 What offends stock people is that the NAME of the class ("Improved") is
> degrading of the stock Corvair. It inplies that the Corvair is inferior as
> manufactured, and needs to be "improved" to make it right. That is not the
> case. The stock Corvair is just fine as it is. Of course, I don't expect
> customizers to ever understand this. It also DOESN'T mean that a car can't
> be tailored to individual tastes and physical needs. You can say that about
> any and every thing that ever was. 
> 
> Example: My own '67 convertible is FOR ME a very comfortable car to drive
> and ride in, and it's as pure stock as they come. The Astro buckets fit my
> bucket just fine, and I wouldn't hesitate in driving it any distance you'd
> want to go. And contrary to your thoughts, it (and my 4door) is NOT a
> trailer queen. In fact, both cars are stock original cars, and they are
> DRIVEN. I drove the 4door to the Buffalo convention a few years back, and
> drove the convert to the Cedar Rapids convention this year. They are both
> comfortable for me to drive, and in no need of "improvements" to suit my
> physical needs OR my personal tastes (other than the 4door being one of
> those lousy manual trans cars).
> 
> And Hank is right. The '66-earlier bench bucket seats are uncomfortable -
> for me, anyway. The Astro buckets are much better - for me anyway. But I've
> heard people say just the opposite. Obviously, their bucket fits the
> earlier bucket better. Mine doesn't. So it's all a matter of the individual.
> 
> Stock cars, and particularly original ones, are worth more due to historic
> value, something that is intangible and cannot be priced. When someone
> wants to restore a car to factory stock, they don't look at another
> restored car, and the certainly don't look at a custom one. They look at
> original cars. Also, just as my past illustration of Washington's hatchet
> shows, once you start replacing original parts, you lose historic value.
> With cars, though, it's acceptable to perform maintainence on a car, in
> order to keep it running and fully functional, as long as it's done
> correctly. 
> 
> Example: My 4door was always a car that would beat you to death, even on
> short club trips. That's because the original suspension rubber was baked
> hard as a brick by the Texas climate it came from. I carefully disassembled
> the suspension and replaced all (with one exception) the rubber with new
> parts. In the process, I compared all the new parts with the originals, and
> determined that they were identical. After cleaning off the dirt (I did NOT
> refinish anything) and installing the new rubber, I reassembled the
> suspension exactly like it had been. To look at it, you could never tell
> anything had been done. But the change in ride is incredible. It now rides
> just like a new Corvair should. THAT is an example of doing proper
> maintainence on an original car.
> 
> Anyway, the many Corvair people out here who love the car in stock form
> view the class name change to be an insult. And as such, it certainly goes
> against the porported mission of CORSA, to promote the preservation of the
> Corvair marque and its history. I just want the BoD to wake up to that
> fact, and undo the damage by eliminating the name "improved".
> 
> -Mark