FW: <VV> government corvairs/geiger counters

[Mark Noakes]

I don't remember Corvairium on any list of decay isotopes...

I suggest that this guy either leave the car as is or restore it to as was condition.  This is an interesting piece of history that should be preserved.

What site was this from/where is the car located?  I've been to many of them.

Mark Noakes
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron <ronh at owt.com>
> To: "Charles Lee at Prop Per" <chaz at ProperProPer.com>, "Geoffrey A Johnson" <geoffj at unm.edu>
> Subject: Re: FW: <VV> government corvairs/geiger counters
> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:44:24 -0700
> 
> 
> 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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