<VV> Old Time Corvair Mechanic

[Steve Hammatt, Mount Vernon WA USA]

Hi Danny
Actually it was Ed Corson in Riverside.
Good to hear from you.

Steve Hammatt
Mount Vernon WA USA

From: Danny Davis 
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 6:52 PM
To: Steve Hammatt, Mount Vernon WA USA 
Cc: shortle ; virtualvairs at corvair.org 
Subject: Re: <VV> Old Time Corvair Mechanic

Keith "Doc" Harrington -  the Corvair Doctor - was in Hawthorne


Danny Davis 
Graham    WA
 206-643-6718

On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Steve Hammatt, Mount Vernon WA USA via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

  ED CORSON!
  Now that does sound familiar.  I was never at his location so I’m
  not surprised that he didn’t have a commercial shop.
  Thanks, glad to see that I remembered that his city did start with
  the letter “R” and was in the Inland Empire!

  Steve Hammatt
  Mount Vernon WA USA

  From: shortle
  Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 12:01 PM
  To: Steve Hammatt,Mount Vernon WA USA ; virtualvairs at corvair.org
  Subject: Re: <VV> Old Time Corvair Mechanic



  Possibly Ed Corson? But I don't think he had a shop other than at his property. The other one that comes to mind was an old gas station on Foothill Blvd. (?) in La Verne. His name escapes me but he had a Corvair shop back then in that area (sorry, not Riverside). I remember doing some Corvair events in the early 80s at Mark Christopher Chevrolet in Ontario. Anyone out there remember any of these?
  Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301

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  >From: "Steve Hammatt,
  > Mount Vernon WA USA via VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
  >Sent: Sep 16, 2016 9:04 PM
  >To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
  >Subject: <VV> Old Time Corvair Mechanic
  >
  >I own a one-family 1965 Corvair.  It was purchased by
  >my mother in the late Fall of 1964.  Sometime (possibly in
  >the early 1980’s) it was ‘refreshed’ by a well known Corvair
  >shop (mechanic) that lived in SoCal (Riverside, Redlands, or ???).
  >I recall that the mechanic was quite well known and possibly
  >was referenced in a Los Angeles Times article about that time
  >period.
  >Can anyone help in trying to name the mechanic/shop?
  >The question came up because we’re not sure if the valve
  >seats could have been upgraded at that time.
  >The engine has around 90k miles on it since new.
  >Thanks.
  >
  >Steve Hammatt
  >Mount Vernon WA USA
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