<VV> Last Corvair 5999

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Yep, as someone highly involved in building a WWII museum here in Delaware, this is very true. We do have some government funding, but we're also looking for an endowment to keep it alive. Hopefully, we'll have enough visitors (read, fees) to have it stand on its own two feet. 

Don't see gummint funding happening on something as specialized as this, but a wealthy donor would be nice. Are all Corvair fans cheap? <G>

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hubbell <whubbell at verizon.net>
To: Clark Hartzel <chartzel at comcast.net>
Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Mon, Jul 29, 2013 9:19 am
Subject: Re: <VV> Last Corvair 5999


The problem with a permanent museum is not so much the cost of building it but 
rather the cost of maintaining it. That requires either a steady stream of 
visitors or else a very well-endowed permanent trust fund. 

Bill Hubbell 

On Jul 29, 2013, at 8:43 AM, "Clark Hartzel" <chartzel at comcast.net> wrote:

> Contrary to popular opinion, 5999 has never been in the Ypsilanti Museum.
> Curator Jack Miller already had a blue 1969 Corvair coupe in the museum and
> he didn't want another one.  It is currently in the Chevy Hall of Fame
> Museum in Decatur, Ill.  It spent a year in the Coralville, Iowa Museum of
> Transportation while the CORSA convention was in Cedar Rapids.  It is truly
> a car without a home!
> Any rich person out there want to donate a million dollars so CPF can build
> a permanent museum?
> The Ypsilanti museum has the CPF Super Monza, the last 1969 Corvair body
> shell and a cutaway powertrain display along with some other smaller CPF
> artifacts.  There are several other Corvairs there donated by private
> owners.
> Former CPF Curator Clark Hartzel
> 
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