<VV> Sunoco and Yellow Limey 'Vairs

[James P. Rice]

Rick:  Sorry to see it go.  Hope it really increased your retirement
portfolio.  'Twas a beautiful car.  We will miss it.  Maybe it will show up
in a Limey car mag at one of their vintage races.

For your next car, let me suggest you use the color scheme of Mark's Sunoco
Lola F5000 car. Equally pretty as the TA Sunoco Camaro colors you used.     

I have not seen the video Bob mentions.  But that car/event was a couple
page spread in Thoroughbred & Classic cars some years ago.  It would be an
interesting interview of Haywood about the car.  If I'm ever same place/same
time with Haywood, I'll try and stick a recorder in his face.

I tracked down the cars owner back then thru some contacts in England.  The
smoke Bob referred to was a turbo going bad.  It was a DNS I think. The car
was a '65 and he entered it under FIA rules. Due to how GM submitted the
papers to the FIA, the turbo was required.  See Don Eichstaedt story in June
2014 Communique for his tale at the FIA sanctioned '65 Sebring Sedan race. 

I tried to get him to tell the story about how and why he was trying to run
a Corvair over there, but he never did.  I also referred the owner to Warren
LeVeque, but I don't think he followed up.  

I don't remember what year Rick's car is.  Hope new owner doesn't get
crosswise with their inspectors or sanctioning body.   

Historically Yours, 
               James Rice        

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:26:33 -0500
From: Vairtec Corp <vairtec at comcast.net>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org, fastvairs at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: <VV> Sunoco Corvair has been sold!

Rick, my '64 coupe went to the UK as well.  The guy who bought my car is 
also the owner of the yellow late model that most of us know only by the 
video of it smoking its way around the Goodwood circuit.  Hurley Heywood 
was driving, and was not familiar with what would happen to a Corvair if 
the fan belt came off.

I would love to put your guy in touch with my guy, but my computer 
crashed earlier this year and took all the contact information with it.

Congratulations on the sale, and if you decide that you's like to race a 
Greenbrier next I can hook you up...

--Bob Marlow



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