Loaded cars, was: <VV> cheapest corvair ever made

[airvair]

You realize I was kidding you. But you are right about cars getting 
loaded up, while the "typical" kind of Corvairs are getting harder to 
find. I think that the tendancy towards options and accessories, and the 
added value they bring to a car, has a lot to do with that. Individual 
collectors are rarely interested in "common" cars, let alone plain jane 
ones. Which is why the 500's don't have as much value as higher models, 
nor appreciate as fast.

I also agree to an exent about hiding the lines of the car with options. 
Things like factory bumper guards and luggage racks and (most) 
aftermarket mud flaps are the major "eyesore" items on my list. But a 
properly optioned car is a thing of beauty.

-Mark C

NicolCS at aol.com wrote:

> Mark, there's absolutely nothing "wrong" with loaded-up cars, in fact 
> Corvairs are such low content cars that they need the stuff.  Here's 
> my point: Most of what we see at shows and the general direction of 
> Corvairs is to become "loaded".  Accessories and options are installed 
> by a succession of owners (and I fully support this freedom) but fewer 
> and fewer "mainstream" Corvairs are out there as examples of how they 
> really were.  Also, the Corvair body design has wonderful qualities 
> that are masked when the car is fully trimmed, luggage-racked, chrome 
> wheeled, and otherwise adorned.  These things take one's eye away from 
> the body shape.
>  
> Craig (sometimes loaded) Nicol
>
>     NicolCS at aol.com wrote:
>
>     >my third is the dreaded "loaded-up" Corsa.
>     >
>
>     What's wrong with THAT? ALL my cars are loaded. In fact, my '67 Monza
>     4door has all but 4 possible accessories in that combination, and
>     three
>     you wouldn't see (or want - the smogger). And I love them all because
>     they ARE loaded!
>