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

[Ignacio Valdes]

Found the attached original bill of sale. I had the details wrong. Lisa was
originally purchased 12/16/1963 at Town & Country Chevrolet Company Post
Road Westport, Connecticut by Ms. Mary A. Baran DOB 6/23/1922 (forgive me
Mary for publishing your DOB) who then resided at Woodbury Avenue in
Norwalk, Connecticut making her about 93 years old now. Original title cost
$8. If anyone knows if she is still living tell her her Corvair is doing
well. Ms. Durusoy brought her from Vermont. So somehow Lisa ended up in
Vermont before coming to Houston. -- IV

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Ignacio Valdes <ivaldes at hal-pc.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
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ignacio Valdes via VirtualVairs" <
>> virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 12:55 PM
>> Subject: <VV> Story of "Lisa" 1964 Monza Coupe.
>>
>>
>>  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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