<VV> Have owned a Corvair from new until today. (without interruption)

[James Davis]

Add my name to the list.  I was driving my wife's 1962 Monza convertible,
Feb 21,1965,  when Sally Matty Doyl decided to  turn left on US-87 just
south of Plainview, TX.  I shortened the car 18 inches.  It soon became
obvious that I needed a new car, as our other car was 1962 Fiat 600D.  Back
home in Albuquerque, I searched for a 1965 Corvair Corsa convertible.
Three were available in the local area. Two were evening orchid turbos and
one was a 140.  The 140 was Danube blue with white top, 4-sp with light
blue metallic interior, deluxe seat belts, push button AM radio, rear
antenna and posi.  No other options.  The price was $3,050 including
licence and tax.  I was a 1LT over 2 making $410 including housing and
subsistence, so it was a big purchase for me and my pregnant wife.  Ms.
Doyl's insurance company settled for $1,250, so the cost was $59 per month
to Commercial Credit Corporation plus USAA charged me $30 semiannually for
insurance.  I took delivery of the car in the Gallis showroom on March 3,
1965.  It was showing 13 miles on the odometer..
The car currently has 318,000+ miles.  The rust was removed (daily driver
in northern Maine for 10 years) and repainted by Micheal LeVeque in 2011.
It has been coast to coast 3 times towing one of my Fiats.  It currently
has its third top (both replacements installed by me 1974, 2008) and is on
its third interior (last two installed by me 1986, 2019).  It is still my
biggest and most powerful car. .
Jim Davis

On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 5:30 PM Byron LaMotte via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> Very cool!
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 5:48 PM Vairtec Corporation via VirtualVairs <
> virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
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> > Paul, NJACE has their monthly Zoom meeting yesterday.  We had a "Show
> > and Tell" session in which all attendees were encouraged to display any
> > Corvair-related item of interest.  Items ranged from an original "Dinky"
> > model to an aluminum ashtray from the Massena foundry.  But our two
> > original-owner members showed their original purchase invoices which
> > they had saved for 55+ years!
> >
> > --Bob
> >
> > On 1/3/2021 4:49 PM, Paul Siano via VirtualVairs wrote:
> > > A total of 8 were reported...pretty small group.
> > > I'm sure there are more.  If you hear of others, please let me know.
> > > Paul Siano
> > >
> >
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