<VV> corvan I looked at today

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

Go and find a good one. There are lots of better ones out there, and they 
aren't worth a row of beans (as I found when I sold mine).

As with ALL classic vehicles, you will spend WAY, WAY, WAY more money if you 
restore a clunker than if you save up for a while and buy one that some 
other poor sap has spent thousands of dollars and hours on.

Don't do it...

Cheers

Alan

''In Italy under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and 
bloodshed - but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the 
Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love and 500 years of 
democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.''  Orson 
Welles as Harry Lime in 'The Third Man' (1949)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ricorvair at cox.net>
To: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 2:23 AM
Subject: <VV> corvan I looked at today


>I looked at a corvan today.  The structural problems I saw.
>
> 1.  The front floor pan is shot.  Do any of the vendors have pre-bent 
> pans.
> 2.  The drivers side lower is rotted out.  The pan and supports are intact 
> and solid, but the 'sill' is not in contact with the unibody.
> How much of this is facia, and how will this hurt the structural integrity 
> of the vehicle.  Is this a kiss of death.  He has the piece to weld in.
>
> The tires are new, and the engine from a 66/110/4sp is solid.  Lots of 
> spare parts, engine, doors, 3 windshields.  Electronic ignition, and glass 
> packs.
>
> Minor issues,
> Brakes.
> I have a complete 66 car brake kit, springs, shoes, cyl rebuild kits. 
> Will these fit the van.  Did not know the history of the brakes.Did not 
> have long...makes me kind of concerned why he is turning it over so fast.
> Any options for adding a second row of seats.  For the daughters
> Thinking of a bench seat from a Grand caravan.
>
> Not looking for validation, but honest advice.
>
> I had wanted a greenbrier, we just had our second child and I wanted a 
> cruise vehicle.  Looking to trade my orange car
> http://members.cox.net/ricorvair for a brier, in similar condition  Wanted 
> the windows and the extra seats.
>
> Any oppinions and advice is welcome, even biting satire.
>
>
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