<VV> Steering Shaft -Human spear

[Andy Clark]

I'm with you, Kent.

Andy Clark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Sullivan" <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:35 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Steering Shaft -Human spear


> As the person who did the first Sebring seat conversion, and wrote it up
for
> the Communique, perhaps you-all would be interested in knowing that I love
> totally-stock Corvairs. Three of my four are in that category; one
> completely so and the other two very nearly so.
>
> But that's the great thing about Corvairs--they are relatively inexpensive
> and relatively plentiful, so I can have my cake and eat it too. That's
what
> my '66 500 coupe is about. It's more or less what many folks call a "resto
> mod" these days. Looks pretty stock if you don't know that much about
> Corvairs but it has a lot of little things different. It's very fun to try
> different things but still keep the car what I still consider to be a
> Corvair. I think of it as "What might Chevy have done if they had made a
3rd
> generation car?"
>
> --Kent
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of mhicks130 at cox.net
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 10:43 AM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Steering Shaft -Human spear
>
> <snip>
>
> See, this is what I'm talking about.  I definitely WON'T be doing this
with
> mine.  If I'd wanted a Sebring, I would have bought one.  I drove a
Sebring
> convertible recently and it wasn't a bad car to drive. I kind of liked it.
> I like my Corvair better though and I don't want to turn it into a
Sebring.
> If my Corvair was my only car and I just couldn't find a way to buy a
newer
> car, then maybe I'd add what I could to make it "safe".  I like the skinny
> steering wheel and the bare metal dash and the pointy switches.  I
wouldn't
> mind headrests and if I ever find a set for a '65 (that didn't cost sooooo
> much) I'd put them in.  I'll look into the shoulder belt business.  But
I'm
> not putting headrests or shoulder belts from some other car into my
Corvair.
> It's not show car but I like its "60's-ness".  I want to keep it that way.
> I'm not putting in disk breaks (with or without ABS) or fuel injection,
I'm
> not even putting in an electric fuel pump or electronic ignition. I have
put
> on radial tires and there are viton orings in the engine so I will make
some
> concessions to the modern age.  I even put an electric window washer pump
in
> but that's because I couldn't find a bellows for the old mechanical pump.
>
> People can do what they want with their cars but I'm not modyfing mine so
> much it's hardly a Corvair anymore.
>
> mike
>
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