[FC] <VV> Rare FC - not Corvair

[Scott & Cyndi Wilson]

All;

There is a guy in my neighborhood (Royal Oak, MI) who has the Vanagon 
version.
One of these days I'll challenge him to a drag race down Woodward avenue in 
my Rampside!

Scott Wilson


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Sethracer at aol.com>
To: <HallGrenn at aol.com>; <steven at sashimi.org>; <corvanatics at corvair.org>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [FC] <VV> Rare FC - not Corvair


>
> In a message dated 9/18/2008 7:21:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> HallGrenn at aol.com writes:
>
> Steven,
>
> I don't know if VW ever imported them to the US  officially, but a guy at
> the
> local Naval Hospital had one a decade  or so back.  They were commonly 
> used
> like other crew cabs in  construction when I was living in Germany in the
> late
> '60s and early  '70s.
>
> Bob Hall
> Group Corvair
>
>
>
>
> I think they were a special order only in the USA. I actually sat in the
> back of an early one (pre-68) for a short ride. They sold a short cab  - 
> like the
> rampside, but with short fold-down side panels, and the Crew cab 
>  3-doors -
> two on the right side. Several dealerships used them as parts delivery 
> vans. I
> think that there was a Woebegon - I mean Vanagon version as well. With a
> decent motor, they might be almost as good as a Greenbrier.  -  Seth
>
>
>
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