<VV> Dana Corvair

[Bob Dunahugh]

It's an involved story. Short virsion. Yenko wanted Dana to build stinger out west to save shipping cost by having GM ship the cars direct to Dana. The deal died. An no, the cars never had stinger tags on them. It's interesting that if you got a  tag that go on none COPO cars, then put it on the Dana car. Would that make it a stinger?  Fruit for thought.   Bob Dunahugh. 



Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 12:30:10 -0400
Subject: Re: <VV> Dana Corvair
From: corvairgrymm at gmail.com
To: yenko108 at hotmail.com
CC: fastvair at yahoogroups.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org

(The beginning of this message might seem harsh in tone, please understand that I didn't mean it that way!  This message was typed in a normal CONVERSATIONAL tone of voice! "RR")


my 2 copper,  


     To call the car a "Dana Stinger" is misleading to anyone who knows less than you guys do about the subject.  I don't think a Dana COPO Camaro would ever be called a "Dana Super Chevy", or that a Dana COPO Nova would be called a "Dana Duece", so I don't think this car should be called a "Dana Stinger".  

     If the car is tagged as a "Stinger" that associates it with Yenko just like other tagged cars not converted at the Yenko dealership.. it should be referred to the same as those other cars would be.  If you want to talk about it being a Dana COPO car, then don't attach the Stinger name to it.  

     Don't get me wrong, this car is historically interesting.  You have a Dana COPO car that is also tagged as a Yenko Stinger (if I understand the tag thing correctly?)... that might make it the only car in the world that is both a Dana AND a Yenko!  I can see why you called the car a "Dana Stinger", but as I said earlier that is misleading.  It would lead the reader to assume that there was a whole run of badged "Stingers" sold by the Dana dealership, which there were not.  


I hope I do not offend,

Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
31 years old with FIVE Corvairs!