<VV> Story of "Lisa" 1964 Monza Coupe.

[Trey Bosson]

girl freind LISA and I attended a corvair meet in chattanooga tennessee around 1982 or so. had a 64 monza coupe 110 4 speed. got into some kind af disagreement over something anyway..... I got in the car to participate in a slalom race..and won the timed race.  trey bosson  wellsville ny  1960 club coupe  v8  66 toronado engine and drivetrain 


     On Sunday, March 15, 2015 2:19 PM, Ignacio Valdes via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
   

 I haven't checked in on Ms. Durusoy in awhile, she looks successful:

http://archdrsy.com/author/Cemred/

and has a twitter feed:

https://twitter.com/archdrsy

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 1:12 PM, J. R. Read <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Sounds like a KEEPER after all.  Thanks for the story.
>
> Later, JR
>
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> Subject: <VV> Story of "Lisa" 1964 Monza Coupe.
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>  The story of "Lisa":
>>
>> I have the original bill of sale for 1964 Monza Coupe "Lisa" somewhere in
>> my papers. The car was purchased in Illinois by Mary Baran (not sure if
>> that is the exact spelling of the last name) who if she is still alive
>> must
>> be in her 90's now. The bill of sale had her date of birth which is how I
>> know her approximate age. The car came to me in Houston when it was owned
>> by a Rice University architecture student Cemre Durusoy who drove it daily
>> and from whom I purchased it approximately 2000-2001 when she graduated.
>> Ms. Durusoy called her "Lisa" because there was one of those meeting name
>> tags stuck to the dash with Lisa on it.
>>
>> Between 1964-2000 I do not know its history. It had a fair amount of rust
>> and mismatched interior and hood when I received it. The front cross
>> member
>> has a big plate of steel welded to it to the center so I think it was in
>> rust country for awhile. A lot of welding, Clark's interior, door, hood
>> swap and "lagoon aqua" paint job made her look new again. Someone had gone
>> through the engine and put in Viton rings.
>>
>> So my well-maintained "new" car a 1997 Honda Civic got rear ended a month
>> ago and is getting fixed. I've been driving Lisa daily now since then. The
>> neighborhood and nearly everyone else thinks it is cool.  It is the only
>> antique car in the parking lots of work and church and gets lots of smiles
>> and curious questions. My children like riding in "Daddy's old fun car."
>>
>> -- IV
>>
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