<VV> 5997 and Corvairvprices

[Brent Fullard]

You speak of "the respect that comes with a vehicle that earns the dollar 
respect from the rest of the collector car community.". This goes to the point 
that I was making about the crumbling weatherstripping that this supposed 
"premier" car is sporting. Where is the respect on display that the current 
owner ostensibly has for this car? What "value added" has the current owner 
provided to justify his asking price of $38,200 for a car that he apparently 
paid $15,000 for? I always judge my ownership of things like homes and old cars 
by whether (and by how much) they improved under my ownership, such that they 
were better (in substance) when I sold them than when I bought them, because of 
the respect that I showed them while under my ownership. That is the true 
measure of respect, rather than whether they could be flipped for a fat profit. 
In that regard, what has the current owner of this last Corvair convertible done 
to the car to make it a better specimen than when he first bought it? The sad 
state of the weatherstripping indicates to me that he did nothing




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From: Mike Stillwell <yenko117 at yahoo.com>
To: vv <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; oabwdb at comcast.net
Sent: Wed, July 6, 2011 8:05:41 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> 5997 and Corvairvprices


I'll preface this by saying Allen is a buddy of mine and that I do own a few 
higher end Corvairs (that I have no plans of selling).

What do all the experts here think the Very last and Very nice 1969 Convertible 
should sell for? I've seen comparable 1969 early and mid range production 
convertibles go in the mid teens. It was a shock to me when it did not go for at 
least 25K when Dave Trull parted with it. This is a premier car! I think it 
should insult the rest of us as Corvair owners and admirers that it does not 
command a higher price. I'm not after the dollars, but I would like the respect 
that comes with a vehicle that earns the dollar respect from the rest of the 
collector car community.

Mike Stillwell
YS-117

--- On Wed, 7/6/11, oabwdb at comcast.net <oabwdb at comcast.net> wrote:> the true 
value of these cars down. Also this is why their
> reputation struggles to improve. It is sad but it is mainly
> the fault of a majority of the Corvair and Corsa members who
> still think it is a cheap car. That is why the typical Corsa
> member will not pay that kind of price I got for my Spyder
> show car. Corvair prices are start
>  ing to increase but not due to what Corsa members are
> paying but more from outside collectors. 
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