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Rick - I beleive the guy's name was Larry Blais. I knew he had done one 
or two of those buses but not sure if there were any more. He was also 
involved in a number of other interesiting projects including an 
experimental rotary engine that I understood got him in some hot water 
with Mazda. Back in the mid 70's he was Corsa Oregon's Technical guru 
(You know, Corsa Oregon, who's putting on the International Corsa 
convention in 2005)

When he closed up shop (around 76 or 77 I think) I bought out all his 
inventory but didn't get any of the buses! Lon

www.corvairunderground.com
VISIT PORTLAND IN 2005!  www.corsaoregon.com

Rick & Janet Norris wrote:

>Guys,
>Here's a note I received about some custom Corvair buses. Anyone on the left
>coast know or have photos of this?
>Rick Norris
>
>Hello Rick,
>
>I was looking at your web site and thought I'd write you a quick note.  In
>1973 I graduated from HS in Salem, OR.  I attended a private school there
>where I worked part time at the school to pay my own way.  One of the things I
>did was to clean and wash the school buses.  The mechanic there was a corvair
>hound.  His hobby was to stretch Greenbrier vans out, install a 350 engine,
>trick them out real nice and sell them.  He did so well, that after school was
>out he went into it full time and moved to, I believe, California.
>
>I have been looking for one of his vans for a number of years.  Back then, he
>was selling them for around $25,000.  They were show stoppers. ...at least the
>ones I saw.  On a couple of occasions when I was traveling in California in
>later years, I would see one of his beauties going down the freeway.  Each one
>was different, but I knew they were his because of his signature look.  He
>usually put a drone axle in front of the drive axle and put the top off a
>Vista Cruiser on them which gave them a sort of "Grayhound" look.
>
>Do you know anything about him or his vans?  I cannot remember his name
>(unless I dig up my old year book).  I sure would love to see his work again
>or even get one if it was affordable to me.
>
>Thanks for your time, Paul
>
>
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