<VV> Passing of a real Corvair enthusiast

[Smitty]

Walter Carter of the Tidewater Club passed away Saturday evening.  He was a 
true Corvair lover and a real "people person".  Few people east of the 
Mississippi did not have some kind of contact with him at one time or 
another.  He drove a Corvair to most conventions after 1980 and was an avid 
competitor in all aspects of the shows.  Most of the time he entered every 
event.
Walter's never give up attitude when he was traveling made itself known when 
He developed PowerGlide problems on the first day ,on the way to the 
Flagstaff Convention.  He overcame most of his problem by installing a 
junkyard transmission beside the road someplace in Arkansas.  It had no 
reverse but that was OK with Walter.  He never backed up from anything.  He 
finally arrived at the convention after the banquet had already started, 
tired and dirty but ready for the trip back home to Virginia.  There was 
only one Walter Carter.