<VV> My convention report

[Ron]

I agree with you on the sedans as my '66 4 door is the best travel car I 
have.
RonH
(Four cars presently insured and licensed)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Brandes" <vair140 at aol.com>
To: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 5:19 AM
Subject: <VV> My convention report


>
> My convention report starts earlier than most, my wife and I left at 4am 
> on Friday the 13th and headed East but rather than go directly to Mass. we 
> took a little detour to my sister and brother and laws place in Spruce 
> Head Me. We spent 10 days there with our extended family and put about 500 
> miles traveling about the Maine coast. I will mention here that all miles 
> mentioned are in Corvair miles so they may not be exactly spot on.  Upon 
> completion of our Maine stay we headed out for the convention which was 
> just a short 450 miles away arriving with an over cast sky which proved to 
> be no big deal.  We were pleasantly surprised by the host hotel both in 
> surroundings and the interior amenities.  We were treated very well with 
> every one friendly and help full.  The schedule changes were some times 
> hard to keep up with but nothing you could not live with.  I have a vague 
> idea what kind of work it takes to prepare for a convention and our hats 
> off to those who put it on!  I would b
> e curious to know how much money the host chapters spent on pop corn in 
> the Hospitality suite as every time we went in there some one was making 
> popcorn.  Some of the over lapping events made it hard to go to everything 
> but we sure had fun with what we did attend.  I even managed to get an 
> engineering award for my first Valve Cover race, maybe I can be a little 
> faster next year.  We both enjoyed Old Sturbridge Village and it was easy 
> to get to.  We left Sunday about 4:30 am and drove straight thru 900 plus 
> mileage home arriving a little before 8pm.  We drove over 3000 miles with 
> out any problems and used 2 and 1/2 quarts of oil the half is all over my 
> engine compartment as I didn't quite tighten the cap on the last top up, 
> at least it wasn't leaking as I thought.  We wouldn't get the high mileage 
> award but the 48 year old Corvair deserves an award for relaibility and it 
> was comfortable too.
> My one other thought is that you people just don't appreciate the late 
> model 4 doors as they never seem to get picked as the best late closed, 
> your loss
>
> Regards,
>
> Guy Brandes
> 65 VAIR 140 (yup it's a 4 door)
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