[FC] The Retro Corvair - Rampside

[Diane Galli]

We all know the Rampside is cool looking to most of us, I had an inspiration 
while we were on our last UltraVan trip to Iowa. While at the campground in 
Minden Nebraska, two couples pulled in pulling a pair of Scamp 5th wheels. I 
had never seen them before, and thought how cool they would look behind a 
Rampside
      Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dale Dewald" <dkdewald@pasty.net>
To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] The Retro Corvair - Rampside


> Hello All,
>
> As is usually the case, most good ideas have been thought up before by 
> someone else in some other place...
>
> About 4 to 6 years ago I read a review in AutoWeek about a Pontiac Montana 
> (GM Dustbuster style minivan) pickup created by an auto conversion shop in 
> the Detroit area.  It was more like a Loadside as it did not have a side 
> ramp, but was along the same theme as the Rampside/Loadside series.  The 
> conversion company did a first rate job and designed the pieces so that it 
> could be an alternate model either built on the GM assembly line or in the 
> conversion company's shop using an "incomplete" vehicle.  I never heard 
> anything more about it.  Apparently GM didn't bite...
>
> Dale Dewald
> Hancock, (UP) MI
>
> At 07:14 AM 10/12/04 -0700, Paul Fox wrote:
>>Tim and group,
>>           I agree that GM should and could make a Rampside replacement. 
>> All they need to do is rework the front drive van platform  to make a bed 
>> like the Rampy's. In fact, it would be a bigger bed because the 
>> drivetrain is up front.
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