<VV> Vair Fair

[Karl Haakonsen]

Nice work, Ray!

You are  true asset to CORSA and the Corvair hobby.

Karl

On 5/5/2013 1:37 AM, Ramon Rodriguez III wrote:
> I just got home from VA where I got to spend a little more time at the Vair
> Fair than I had hoped for.  I was there for three hours or so in the
> morning and another two in the evening...  While the awards banquet was
> going on I got into long conversations with two separate gentleman who saw
> the Corvairs from the street and wandered in.  After an hour long history
> lesson on Corvairs both were very interested in looking to buy Corvairs,
> they both took my email address and hopefully some of the local guys down
> there will hear from them as well.
>
> One of them grew up in a Mustang family, and has a first generation Mustang
> convertible project car in his garage that he has been planning to restore
> for a good many years.  After stumbling across the Vair Fair and learning a
> little bit he told me that he felt like his whole perception of 60's cars
> was turned on it's head by an American 60's car with high tech features
> like a magnesium fan, IRS, and available turbocharger...  he said that the
> Mustang suddenly seemed like an archaic and crude machine by comparison and
> that he'd pretty much lost all interest in the Mustang during the course of
> the conversation and was really pining for a Corvair.  That's one of the
> most extreme and enthusiastic reactions I've ever gotten from giving a
> Corvair history lesson.  Thank you by the way to the gentleman who backed
> into the parking space in front of us with his beautiful 65 turbo
> convertible (blue), which served as the primary example for pointing out
> the unique features of the Corvair.  I also got to point out to an owner
> that his car had a non Corvair alternator pulley which might very well lead
> to an overheated alternator, he was happy to find out before having a
> problem rather than after!
>
> Thanks to Bryan and the other organizers for a great event!
>
> Ray Rodriguez III
> Certifiable Vair Nut
> Lake Ariel, PA
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