A rolling time warp; was Re: <VV> Purchased an NOS Corvair Delco Model 556 Battery

[Joe West]

hehe...

My plan is to use it and when it finally dies, I'll drain it, clean it out
on the inside with baking soda and use it for show.

Somehow... I just cannot resist restoring this car back to original and then
driving the heck out of it.  I'm just not the type to restore a car and then
make it a garage/show queen.  Whether it be using an NOS battery or driving
a fully restored car knowing it will get rock chips and things will wear
out; it is all the same.

I get an intense amount of pleasure driving my 64 Spyder Convertible and
listening to folks who make comments almost everywhere I stop.  From the
old-timer who remembers having a Corvair to the teenager who thinks my
Corvair is a Mercedes.  Driving a Corvair is a great way to meet people.
Stirring memories in people who grew up with Corvairs is the absolute
best... watching smiles creep over their faces as they walk around my car...
listening to their memories and knowing that they haven't thought about such
things for a LONG time.

My Corvair is a rolling time-warp... and it takes people back to a time when
things were simpler... life was easier... and helps them dust off the
cobwebs from things long since forgotten.

But driving and using a fully restored Corvair (or any Corvair for that
matter) isn't just about reactions from other people... it's about taking me
back to a simpler time.  When I drive my Corvair and I listen to the AM
radio... I travel back in time myself.  I am for the duration of the trip,
in another time... I focus on the sounds of the car, the simplicity.  My
Corvair simply does not allow the pressures of modern life to invade It's
interior.  I only drive it once or twice a week... but it is ALWAYS a treat.

I understand that there is a place for 100 point show cars.  I understand
that those who work to make a car perfect want to keep it that way by never
driving it... for me... it is unthinkable.  Perhaps if I had two Corvairs...
one for show and one to drive... but I'm a single Corvair guy... its kind of
like a marriage... I can't cheat on my Corvair by getting another one :)

I'll drive my Corvair and it will be as close as possible to the way it
rolled off the assembly line in July of 1964.  When things wear out... I'll
fix them... fixing my Corvair is as much therapy for me as driving it is.

Today... when I drive my Corvair to work... it will be running on a factory
battery (assuming it still works <grin>).  If the battery only lasts a
year... so be it... I will have driven my Corvair for a year with the
correct battery in it :)

Well... I'm off to my time machine... 1964 here I come.

Joe West




On 12/8/05 7:21 AM, "Shaun" <shaun_mcgarvey at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Joe, for goodness' sakes don't USE an NOS battery! Use a Honda Civic battery
> in your '64 to get you there then place the NOS battery for show. The old
> batteries were not so good for daily use. Don't fill it with acid, it'll be
> safer and easier to pack.
> 
> yea, Vairily ... Shaun
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe West" <joew at diveaz.com>
> To: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 6:04 AM
> Subject: <VV> Purchased an NOS Corvair Delco Model 556 Battery
> 
> 
>> Hi Gang,
>> 
>> I recently purchased an NOS Corvair Delco Model 556 battery and vaguely
>> remember someone being interested in Corvair batteries. I'd be more than
>> happy to snap some pictures of it before I get it ready to put on the road
>> if anyone is interested.
>> 
>> Also... I don't need the NOS box... would this be something that CPF would
>> be interested in having (maybe to use as decoration for a Corvair
> diorama)?
>> 
>> Joe West
>> 
>> 
>>  "Enzo Ferrari had a dream and Ferdinand Porsche crushed it!"
>> 
>> 
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It is my goal not to arrive at my grave in a well preserved body,
 but rather, I wish to skid in sideways, in a tattered, worn out
carcass shouting:
 "...HOLY SMOKE...what a ride!"