<VV> Early Canadian Corvair will not make the trip home

airvair airvair at richnet.net
Mon Jul 10 07:37:51 EDT 2006


Gee, Pete, maybe Pete C. would be good enough to bring it there for you.
Then you could say that your car made it, but you didn't! LOL

-Mark

peter koehler wrote:
> 
> Yes, I want to bring my little green 500 sedan back home
> to Oshawa on "Corvair Day". Unfortunately, the situation
> at work precludes me from attending any portion of the
> upcoming International Corsa Convention. Two weeks ago my
> employer, "The General", decided that I should pack up and
> move closer to Pittsburgh. Effective July 3rd I now call
> on a different group of GM dealers and need to sell this
> lovely little house in Hollidaysburg and move West a
> hundred or so miles. I am right in the middle of getting
> this place ready for the real estate market and tomorrow
> will make a decision (hopefully!) on what house I will be
> purchasing. #236 Oshawa-built Corvair 500 sedan has been
> sent back to Michigan where Pete Cimbala is keeping an eye
> on it for me. Maybe some time in the future I will be able
> to arrange a long term loan agreement with the Automotive
> Museum in Oshawa and have the car on display for all to
> see. This is the earliest production Corvair from the
> Oshawa plant known to still exist. It would have been fun
> to bring it home and visit with my Canadian friends,
> especially His Honor the Mayor of Oshawa, John C.M.Gray.
> Alas, maybe next time? - Caveman Pete Koehler
>


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