<VV> Was How sad - Vair VS Vette

[J R Read_HML]

Hey Joe,

Corvette people can be "cheap" too.

CCE has 7 cars at McCormick place this weekend (my Rampside included) for 
the Chevy-Vette Fest.  There was a Corvette guy snooping around our area 
asking some very specific questions about certain interchangeable parts. 
Corvair stuff that would be correct for Corvette.  He was looking for a 
spare tire lock - apparently they are the same.

I said, hey you Corvette guys already got all the adjustable steering wheel 
stuff, are you trying to drive the price up on the wheel locks, too?  Did 
not phase him a bit...  just gave me a "look" and continued poking around 
for stuff that he could recognize as applicable to Vette.  I can't really 
blame him, after all...  why pay more than you need to for a part.

 "A Corvette air cleaner
will sell for $400 or more, and Corvair people want a Corvair air cleaner
for $30"

I spent some time in the vendor area, primarily Vette stuff, and those guys 
do seem to pay 4 to 5 times what Vair guys have to pay for their stuff.  I'm 
certainly glad to be in Vairs instead of Vettes.  Besides, those things can 
only carry two people!  I did NOT buy any Vette parts to put on any of my 
Vairs!  GGGG

BTW...  Thanks for your efforts.  Perhaps you will hear back from him if his 
conscience starts to work.

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe West" <joew at diveaz.com>
To: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:18 PM
Subject: <VV> How sad... The seller with a backyard full of parts has had an 
overnight change of heart.


> All,
>
>
> "I'd rather see these parts go to the scrap yard than to sell them cheap"
>
>
> I ended up telling him to call me after he has sold all of the valuable
> parts, and I'd be happy to go through whatever he has left to save it from
> the scrap yard.
>
>
> Joe West
>