<VV> How Low (mileage) can you go?

[peter koehler]

There have been many stories about 1969 Corvairs that were 
put away when new and "saved" because their owners thought 
the cars would be worth Big Money some day. Last of the 
breed and all of that...

How about low mileage early model Corvairs? I know of a 
1964 convertible at the Crawford Museum (Case Western 
Reserve Campus) in Cleveland, Ohio with only a little over 
2,000 original miles on the odometer. My horizon blue 1960 
700 sedan has around 18k (open up the CORSA website to see 
this car "unfold" for you). The 1963 Zabriskie Monza just 
turned 16,800 miles. I know of a silver 1960 sedan in the 
Detroit area with just a tad over 3k on the clock. And 
just this morning a friend called in to tell me about a 
1960 coupe that has been resting in garage not far from 
the Corvair Ranch with somewhere around 6,500 miles of use 
registered. This coupe is said to have the original bias 
ply tires still on it, so I doubt that the true mileage is 
106,500.

Anybody else out there have a better story? Low mileage 
doesn't necessarily mean more value. Condition should 
dictate that, but you can't argue with a low mileage 
starting platform for your next Corvair project. Right? - 
Caveman Pete