<VV> Not made like they used to myth

[moonpie8n at comcast.net]

I know this is a Corvair site , so I will make it ,"Short & Sweet" . I looked at a '37 Chevy a few weeks ago, a ,"Barn Find" car with 86,000 [ more like 186,000] and change on it. Kinda beat-up , but all there. The owner had a good battery for it , so he put it in. The fuel pump had quit working so he had an outboard motor fuel tank sitting on the roof. HE pumped the ball a few times , hit the key, and the old ,"216" came to life . IF you think your grandchildren will be able to duplicate this action with a 2011 Chevy , 73 yrs. from now , plz send me a sample of what you are drinking. , ....... THX 
BOB Isaac 
Moonpie Racing 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Pepke" <kenpepke at juno.com> 
To: "Vair Views" <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 11:09:13 AM 
Subject: <VV> Not made like they used to myth 

Sorry, Bob, but I can't quite agree. When I was a kid, and until after I married and bought my first Corvair, almost everyone I knew lived in families. Most families lived comfortably on one income. Mom's were there when the kids got home from school. Kids played outside with each other getting lots of fresh air and exercise. It was a time when most communications came face to face over a handshake. We were guided by family values and children committing suicide was unheard of. 

I do agree that there is nothing 'boring' about times today. HIGH pressure and yes, SCARY! Sure, the past looks good ... and because we DO know how it came out ... Not much to be proud of in the line of quality of life. I am not saying there is nothing good or improved about today but it has been purchased at a painful price. 

Ken P 

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> From: HallGrenn at aol.com 
> Date: January 14, 2011 10:13:34 AM EST 
> To: kenpepke at juno.com 
> Subject: Re: <VV> Fwd: FW: Not made like they used to myth/Today's Challenges 
> 
> In a message dated 1/14/2011 9:42:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, kenpepke at juno.com writes: 
> "I wish they would build cars like they did in the old days." Comes from memories of a time when living was at a slower pace. Days when we did not have to sell so much of our lives to support our toys; a day when we had few toys and knew how to take care of them. A day when we were not so intimidated by the complexities of life. 
> Ken P 
> 
> Because we were kids then and our parents had to worry about those complexities.:) My girl worries, school worries and paperroute and lawnmowing business were all that I had time for in 1959. The past only looks good because we know how it turned out. Today is never boring--scary as heck sometimes, but never boring. 
> To much salt on the roads to drive a Corvair here, but I'll get into one and do some minor maintenance just to get back to that place in nostalgia for the past that puts some perspective on the challenges for today's world. 
> 
> Keep the faith and keep those Corvairs running. 
> 
> Bob Hall 
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