<VV> green rant and some corvair related stuff

[Ron]

As far as these "How to" magazines go, note that these "fix it" articles 
don't bring in any advertising whereas "Buy it" articles do and it all goes 
back to the fact that it's the dollar that makes the world go around for us. 
And besides, the current crop of TV watchers are too lazy to ever fix 
anything.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert harvey" <roharvey at nmsu.edu>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 4:52 PM
Subject: <VV> green rant and some corvair related stuff


>  I agree that we are a small group of individuals who like a car that was
> technically ahead of its time (by at least a decade) and that we like
> trying to keep them running . Which makes us "different" but if you look 
> at
> Science and Mechanics of the 1940s you would find a several issue run on
> how to build a house (I have it) and up to the 70's there were magazines
> that showed you how to fix or build something. Todays magazines for the
> most part tell you where to buy things . Before I retired I saw newer
> technology change a TV Station many timesin 20 years....We started with a
> film chain and one videotape machine (2" Quad),I saw the 3/4 tape
> revolution which was replaced with 1/2 tape and just hit the start of the
> Video server technology and HDTV.
>  The world keeps changing but I think we may have the right idea to keep
> an older american (and canada) made vehicle running and I think one
> important reason is that we are truly green (I am sorry) as we are
> recycling parts and information,we will field strip a rusted out corvair
> and send it off to be made into something useful. We will work for hours 
> to
> get something to work because (to a large extent) we can't find many who
> know how (or wants to know how) to repair a corvair.We (greens) will step
> forward with needed skills and information which we freely exchange.
>  We aren't into corvairs for the money they will bring (I don't need to
> explain why) but I have made friends and I have had help from people I 
> have
> never met. Why, because we like to do things with our hands and go back to
> a time when you (for the most part) could repair your own vehicle even if
> was only enough so you could get it home.I hope to pass these skills to my
> son (he already wants my corvair) so that he can cope with the world of
> tomorrow. We have people who are looking ahead to see if different engines
> will go into corvairs,how to modify fuel systems so corvairs can still
> function in the future . This makes us "different" from the main stream 
> but
> we are conserving resources and enjoying it.
>   I hope that we never learn to buy one of the new plasticars every 6
> years and throw the old one away because you can longer get parts. (for
> that old series of plasticars)
>  Save as many as you can, gentlemen, and pass them and your skills on to
> the next generation
> rant over
> bob harvey
>


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