<VV> CORVAIR HERITAGE DAY

[Rick Norris]

Okay, we drove our Corvair on Heritage day.
Miss Janet and I drove the 67 vert uptown to the first day of the big ass
car show in Charleston WV called the doo wop rod run. Walked around and
looked at some nice rides then had supper at the local Pies & Pints with a
nice pizza and a couple of cold local craft beers.
As usual we got lottsa compliments on the Royal Plum Vair. Since it was a
normal work day for the locals and we were there around quitting time a lot
of folks were on the street. Also we drove it last night to the Doo Wop
cruise in at the local dog track casino in Cross Lanes.
Great fall day with temps hitting 85 midday and cruising with the top
flopped.


Rick Norris
1st CORSA President, 1971
www.corvairalley.com
Hurricane WV





The 1st Corvairs arrived in dealer showrooms on this date in 1959.  Back in
2010, and on the back end of Corvair's 50th Anniversary Celebration (I loved
Dave Newell's historical Communique' articles leading up to the date), a few
of us worked to establish October 2nd as CORVAIR HERITAGE DAY, a day to
simply enjoy, celebrate, and raise awareness of the Corvair.  Efforts
included all-inclusive local chapter activities open to any Corvair
enthusiast regardless of chapter membership, and included dash plaques,
t-shirts, etc.  A few key goals targeted increased chapter engagement at the
local level and to support CORSA's ever-present fundraising challenges.
While Year One provided a reasonable launch, unfortunately, the event failed
to gain much traction in following years, and the concept seems to have
pretty much faded away.  My own personal situation didn't help much as a
career change and cross-country relocation at that time rapidly altered my
priorities away from event orga  nization, so I feel in many ways
responsible for that.  Anyway, I still have that Year One logo, so updated
it and made a few laminated lanyards that I'll be passing out to any Corvair
enthusiast that finds me at the local Sonic burger tonight after work.
Nothing fancy, just a fun excuse to take a drive (Hopefully my attachment
makes it through).

Soooo, what are YOU doing with YOUR Corvair today?  Go out and have fun!
Happy CORVAIR HERITAGE DAY!
- rod
Pittsburgh
CORSA
66 Monza 140/4...finally (and reliably) back on the road - thank you John
Sweet!
64 Greenbrier Dlx...torn apart and slowly being re-assembled a bunch of
Corvair toys, magazine ads, hubcap clocks...even yardsticks (love those
estate sales!)

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 6:37 AM, John Gull via VirtualVairs
<virtualvairs at corvair.org<mailto:virtualvairs at corvair.org>> wrote:
Hope everyone has a chance to drive their Vairs today in honor of intro of
the 65 model year. I will be joining that party after a 3 year hiatus .Does
anyone know the specific date for my 65 vin # w105066 Thanks and best wishes
on this joyous day. John Gull in scenic Asheville NC