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

[Mark Noakes]

By the way...how many Greenbriars with camper option were produced?  And how many are still around?  That's one that I would like to have...along with a Stinger.

Mark Noakes

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Schug" <bwschug@charter.net>
To: "Bigwave Dave" <thebigwave@comcast.net>, "Virutal Vairs" <VirtualVairs@corvair.org>
Subject: Re: <VV> Rarity of various Corvairs!!!!  very long
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 06:08:06 -0500

> 
> 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"
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