Why?? Re: <VV> convertible question

[airvair]

All,

The answer as to why I even have a convertable is simple. It's a long 
story, but to make it as simple as possible, let me start by saying that 
my first Corvair was a maroon w/black '66 Monza 4door. I bought it with 
15,000 miles on it, and it was destroyed in an accident at 22,000 miles. 
I then proceeded to look for what I then (and still do) consider the 
ULTIMATE Corvair, a maroon w/black '67 Monza 4door with air, automatic, 
and loaded. What I found instead was a '67 (yes!) Monza w/automatic 
(yes!!) and air conditioning (YES!!!) convertable (DAMN!). But what 
cinched me buying it, despite it's obvious handicapped body style, was 
that it was maroon w/black interior, and with only 20,000 dealer's 
wife's miles on it. I had to pay higher than book and had to go to 
Massachucetts after it, but it's the closest thing to the ULTIMATE 
Corvair I could (and have to date) find. In retrospect, I consider the 
curse of it being a convertable to be merely a financial blessing in 
disguise. Otherwise, YES, I STILL prefer a 4door. (BTW the convert is 
now loaded with factory options and has only 33,00 well-cared-for miles 
on it.)

In case some wiseguy thinks he'll offer to trade me a 4door for it, I'd 
be interested, but ONLY for an equivalent car. ROTSA RUCK on that one! LOL

-Mark

P.S. I also have two other '67 Monza 4doors, one a loaded project car 
from AZ, and the other a nice loaded car (with the window sticker still 
in it) from Texas. CLOSE to the ULTIMATE Corvair, but still short. 
hummm.... Maybe I can MAKE the project car.... :o)

FrankCB@aol.com wrote:

>Mark,
>    Having owned 4 convertibles (3 of them Corvairs) my opinion is that they 
>are major pains in the a**!!!!  The tops (especially rear windows) are quite 
>fragile, requiring high maintenance and lots more care than an equivalent 
>coupe.  Tops leak air, make noise and are cold in the winter.  
>    So my question to you, Mark, is why bother with all the many 
>disadvantages of a convertible if you don't regularly drive it with the top DOWN???
>    Regards,
>    Frank "still loves convertibles" Burkhard
>    
>
>In a message dated 2/12/05 12:38:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>airvair@richnet.net writes:
>I'd recommend leaving it up. That's what I do (mine has rarely been 
>down) and it's a '67 with the ORIGINAL top and rear window, and still in 
>pretty decent condition.
>
>-Mark C