[FC] CORVAIR BURIAL and other unusual examples

[Rad Davis]

It's a matter of content.  What's there is now a one-web-page outline of 
how the FC came to be, what it is like, and how it is related to the 
corvair cars.  It might make a good outline for three chapters, but it's 
definitely not a book itself.  Frankly, I never thought of doing a book, 
but there's no reason I/we couldn't.

The FC primer has been nearly static for years.  It's so old that it's 
based on HTML 2.0, and the pictures are sized for best viewing on an 
800x600 screen.  Likewise, its URL has been the same for at least five 
years.  This has been somewhat intentional--reference info on the web is of 
no use if you can't find it where you saw it last.

If I were to go to hard copy, I'd definitely add more content, of 
course.  And I'd broaden the content as well.  Maybe repurpose some stuff 
from the CORSA beginner's handbook, if rights could be gotten.

The writing is not much of a chore for me.  Source material and original 
documents for illustrations and references are more of a challenge.  I 
suspect that the CORSA library, back issues of the Corvan Antics, and Dave 
Newell and Larry Claypool. would quickly become heavily-consulted 
resources.  With the development of just-in-time printing, it has never 
been easier to print a book.

Maybe we should consider a collaborative project, like the beginner's 
manual. I'll volunteer here and now to be the editor.

In any event, I have always been interested in getting  the FC "word" out 
there, and I'll say it again:  If you have anything FC specific that is 
rare and interesting - like those design buck photos I have posted - for 
instance, I'll happily add it to the site with attribution.  I claim 
copyright to the site's contents, but that is only to keep people from 
using the content in some way that I would find offensive--people do weird 
things with information on the web.  A good bit of what is on my website 
has been published in club newsletters, and I've never refused a reuse 
request.

Rad Davis
keeper of the Forward Control Corvair Primer:
http://www.mindspring.com/~corvair/fc1.html



At 09:15 PM 12/7/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>Excellent idea! Any thoughts of bumping the Primer up to book status and 
>sell the word to the great unwashed?
>toodles
>Merv Krull
>Salmon Arm, BC
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Rad Davis" <rad.davis at comcast.net>
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>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:48 PM
>Subject: Re: [FC] CORVAIR BURIAL and other unusual examples
>
>
>>We have one.  If you send them to me, I'll drop them in the section at 
>>the bottom of the FC Primer.
>>
>>At 02:58 PM 12/7/2005 -0500, N2VZD at aol.com wrote:
>>>well i guess we need a website for such stuff...get lots of good pictures
>>>guys..
>>>regards, tim colson
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