<VV> GM will sell photographs - 100% Stock, not Customs ?

Dave Leonard dave at arborlea.com
Tue Nov 29 23:05:11 EST 2011


Charlie,

It's an authentic photo for sure - just like the convertible prototype and
the Monza Super Spyders.  Not of a stock production car, but authentic.

The real question is did anyone ever see or hear of a '63 Spyder Rampside
before seeing this photo?

Dave 

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Lee [mailto:chaz at properproper.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:49 PM
To: 'Bryan Blackwell'
Cc: 'Western Canada CORSA'; 'Dave Leonard'; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: GM will sell photographs - 100% Stock, not Customs ?

I suppose instead of "think" I shpuld have said that I "expected" a "Genuine
GM" photo to be more authentic.  

I'm not talking about customs, like Edsel Ford's 1923 (?) roadster at the LA
Auto Show, which are 'big boy toys' 

Plus, changing wheels and removing the crossbar in the grille are hardly
'design studies' IMHO, and barely qualify as a "custom car" either (at least
after high school).

Sure, Bill Mitchell's extended pearl pink 1961 Monza convertible was such a
car, but that was a custom, and I don't believe it was intended to be a
'design study' just something for his wife ?

Charlie

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Blackwell [mailto:bryan at skiblack.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:35 PM
To: Charles Lee
Cc: 'Western Canada CORSA'; 'Dave Leonard'; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> GM will sell photographs - 100% Stock, not Customs ?


You'd be wrong :-)  Go look at factory show cars today, plenty of
customization.

Do a little reading about Bill Mitchell in particular, his personal car is
at the GM Heritage Center.  I can assure you it's not a 'vanilla' car.

--Bryan

On Nov 29, 2011, at 3:18 PM, Charles Lee wrote:

> Right, but I'd think a "Genuine GM" photo would be of a 100% stock car,
not
> one that was customized in ANY way.




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