<VV> The Last Corvair Article (Corvair in Print)

[Russ Moorhouse]

JR,

I got this reply from Ed Thompson:

I saw the 1969 "post #6000" body on inside display at the CORSA Convention 
in Dallas in late July of 1995.  Dave Newell and Larry Calypool were there 
as well.

Russ Moorhouse
'65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
Group Corvair Member
Corsa Member
Kent Island, MD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Russ Moorhouse" <corvair65 at verizon.net>; "VV" 
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Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> The Last Corvair Article (Corvair in Print)


>I recall a '69 body on display (red I think) at one of the conventions.  I 
>believe it was either Dallas or St. Louis.  There was no interior and no 
>VIN and there may not have been an engine, but I'm not sure on that part. 
>I understood it to be a shell - essentially the way it would have arrived 
>at GM from Fisher Body.  Surely, someone else on VV has more specific 
>information than I.
>
> I don't know who owned it.  Perhaps this is the one you refer to?  I 
> believe that I heard it was sold some time after the convention display 
> (around $10,000?), but don't know that to be a fact.  I did not see the 
> Hemmings article.
>
> Attachments (if any) are scanned with anti-virus software.
>
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Russ Moorhouse" <corvair65 at verizon.net>
> To: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:22 PM
> Subject: <VV> The Last Corvair Article (Corvair in Print)
>
>
>> Excuse me if this has been mentioned before.  I didn't see it if it was.
>>
>> The last two issues of Hemmings Classic Car (December and January) have 
>> had a short article on the last Corvair.  December's pertained to a 
>> Corvair in the Art Astor collection, in Anaheim, CA, and was being 
>> advertised as the last Corvair.  In January's article, David Newell, sets 
>> the record straight. That was the first I had heard of a body being built 
>> after 6000, but never got a VIN or running gear and is supposed to sit in 
>> a museum in TX.  Has anyone seen this?
>>
>> December's issue also had an article on the 1967 Chevy Astro I, which was 
>> Corvair based and was supposed to have a 240 HP OHC Corvair engine in it. 
>> David Newell and Larry Claypool are mentioned in this article.
>>
>> Hemmings Classic Car has always been very favorable in their articles on 
>> the Corvair.
>>
>> Russ Moorhouse
>> '65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
>> Group Corvair Member
>> Corsa Member
>> Kent Island, MD
>>
>>
>