<VV> Rarity of various Corvairs!!!! very long

[Bruce Schug]

On Dec 11, 2004, at 10:00 PM, Bigwave Dave wrote:

> Well after all the talk about which Corvair is rarer,

*SNIP*

Dave - your post is very interesting. I don't know anything about it's 
accuracy, but for those of us who are fascinated with numbers ( like 
tire diameters :-) ) it is interesting.

Now, tell me if I'm incorrect; a Loadside is a Rampside without the 
ramp, right? But I seem to remember there were some Rampsides built 
with a ramp on EACH side, weren't there? Weren't they built for the 
city of Los Angeles' sanitation department or something? Are these 
ultra-rare Corvairs omitted from everyone's list because they weren't 
regular models, but specially built Corvairs? But I think they were 
built and sold by Chevrolet, unlike such specialty cars as the 
Stingers.

My other comment on all these production figures going around would be 
to point out the difference between different Corvair MODELS as opposed 
to different Corvair models with different OPTIONS. Certainly the 
number of air-conditioned models or turbocharged models is interesting, 
but so would be the number of red Greenbriers with campers or green 
Monza sedans with white walls, tissue dispensers, and compasses.

As for Bob Dunahugh's "rarest" '69 Stinger, it, of course was built by 
Don Yenko, not Chevrolet. It is no more rare than Jeff Barrett's Lost 
Cause which is also a one-of-a-kind aftermarker-modified Corvair. In 
fact, the 'Cause is in a way MORE rare, as there were many other 
Stingers, just not '69's.

Interesting subject. Where do we stop?

Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
bwschug@charter.net

CORSA member since 1981

'67 Monza. "67AC140"