FW: <VV> government corvairs/geiger counters

[Ron]

It's the same, dull half-a-life that all of them have.
RonH (Prof. Nuclear Engineer)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Lee at Prop Per" <chaz at ProperProPer.com>
To: "Geoffrey A Johnson" <geoffj at unm.edu>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: FW: <VV> government corvairs/geiger counters


> What is the half-life of a radioactive Corvair, anyway ?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Geoffrey A Johnson" <geoffj at unm.edu>
> To: <LonzoVair at aol.com>
> Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:54 PM
> Subject: Re: FW: <VV> government corvairs/geiger counters
>
>
>> Lon, They can be a kind of a pain in the butt to maintain. Yes I am the
>> kind of freak who has a working geiger counter.
>>
>> My buddy bought the crazy atomic corvair.  The PO was a loon, thats why 
>> it
>> was welded up in a garage.
>> Ill give it a buzz with the counter for kicks, but I am sure it is clean!
>>
>> -Geoff Johnson
>>
>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 LonzoVair at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> Hey guys,
>>> I got a catalog from one of my "hunting/military surplus" places....
>>> "Sportsmans..." something, and they had some old surplus Geiger counters
>>> for  sale...
>>> bright yellow with the old triangle and the "CD" in the middle, old
>>> "Civilian Defense" stuff... runs off D batteries... I wanted to buy one,
>>> just to
>>> have... and maybe check the "warmth" of an old piece of uranium ore that
>>> I've  had
>>> since I was a kid... in an old "Boy Scout" mineral ore collection... 
>>> it's
>>> about the size of a big marble... not big enough for Doc Brown to use in
>>> his
>>> flux capacitor....
>>> If I can dig up the catalog I'll post the company web site or phone
>>> number... they were in the $60 range, if I remember correctly.
>>> Later,
>>> Lonzo
>>>
>>> Lon Anderson  in White Mills, KY
>>> CORSA, Corvanatics, Derby City Corvair, Central Ky  Corvair
>>> Quart Low Quarterly Editor
>>> 1961 Greenbrier 110/pg
>>> 1963  Greenbrier 110/4spd
>>> 1964 700 sedan 95/pg
>>> 1969 Monza  110/pg
>>>
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