<VV> Oldest Caveman Car

[peter koehler]

Hello Group! Yes, I did at one time "own" the oldest 
surviving Corvair. The VIN was closer to 1002xx as I 
recall. The car was so bad that it was left behind when I 
moved to Michigan from Chicago back in the mid-'80's. 
Larry C. then gave the car to expert local bodyman Frank 
Regal who did the only thing possible: he scrapped it! 
John C.M. Gray, the Honourable Mayor of the City of 
Oshawa, Ontario (and a fellow Corvair nut) once told me of 
a very early Canadian-built '60 sedan sitting in a 
junkyard in Ontario. We looked for it several years ago 
but it was gone. I think John said it was VIN # 00007! I 
currently have the earliest Oshawa-built Corvair in my 
Cave Collection. It is VIN # 003xx (can't remember for 
sure). Dr. Jerry Flynn's beautiful Willow Run produced 
#407 is the best example of a surviving "horn hole" 
Corvair that I know of. Dr. Flynn has offered the car to 
me on several occasions for a mere $50k, but I have 
respectfully declined his offer.- Caveman Pete Koehler in 
Somewhere Pennsylvania