<VV> Re: B-J - No Corvair Humor

[Garth Stapon]

Lon:

Its guys like you (and the Hummer crowd) that help to make Exxon/Mobil the most profitable Company in America.

Regards, Garth

-----Original Message-----
>From: Lonny Clark <lclarkpdx at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 30, 2006 6:55 PM
>To: 
>Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> Re: B-J
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>11 mpg? I only get 3 to 4 mpg in my goat. I am not "selective" about how
>often it gets driven, it pretty much does not get driven. Three or four
>times a year I'll take it out, burn half a tank going to a local show and
>back, then back under the cover. That's one of the reasons I got the Corvair
>out of the back forty for restoration, so I can go a on a road trip or two
>with the club without breaking the bank.
>
>PS: in case you are wondering why 3-4 mpg, the car was my dad's race car
>back in the day. 389 bored +060, tri-power with 72 jets center and 68 on the
>ends, M21 close-ratio, and 4.88 gears with 235/60-15 tires (that's the big
>killer of mileage). It used to be worse, but the engine has been detuned for
>street driving.
>
>
>On 1/27/06, Padgett <pp2 at 6007.us> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >On another list (with the same sort of B-J
>> >bashing going on) a member actually owned up to having purchased a GTO
>> >Judge convertible for something like $185,000.
>>
>> Mustabin a '71. Only 17 Judge convertibles built (of which about 300
>> survive) and the last year. When you get that low a production number in a
>> top-of-the-line car, funny things happen to the value. About ten years ago
>> the only recorded sale (triple black car AFAIR) was close on $100k.
>>
>> Wonder what his insurance runs a year and how much it gets driven (have
>> been a lot of threads on this but all in all cars make lousy investments).
>> Am quite happy with my three toys (Monza convert is latest) particularly
>> that I do not need to be worried about taking anywhere (though at 11 mpg
>> of
>> premium plus additives do tend to be selective about the Goat).
>>
>> Padgett
>>
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