<VV> Fw: [fastvair] Crunch time/plan B

[Rick & Janet Norris]

Crunch time /plan B
>>   Less than a week left!
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>> How many of you have a story to tell about preparing for the Reunion or
>> Convention?



> Let's see....where do I begin...
> I am now entering semi crisis mode but not yet in panic mode. I have been
> flogging my S/A/T Project car now for 30 straight days excepting time out
> for a real job (50 hours a week) and sleep. It came out of the paint shop
> one month ago so I'm not counting all the time I spent proir to that
> stripping the body and chasing down parts and pieces.
> I have no qualified Corvair help in my area as I AM it! However several of
> my car crazy friends from a town an hours drive away came down and helped 
> me
> get the front and rear glass in, the doors hung and lots of other little
> details done. besides the wrench help the boost in my lagging enthusiam 
> was
> worth as much or more. These guys restore other types of muscle cars but
> they have learned to like Corvairs. They helped out on my V8 Vair when I 
> was
> in crunch mode to make the 2000 Convention in Daytona.
> I have taken both weeks of my vacation to get this damn thing ready. I
> usually use one week around Christmas but...
>
> Thank God for a more than understanding wife who has also helped out when
> and where she could.
> The engine is my next hurdle. It is assembled and tomorrow will be D-day. 
> If
> it starts and runs I'll be a happy camper...or a crappy hamper, I'm not 
> sure
> which.
> If nothing else, the paint job is stunning. Think Penske Trans Am Sunoco
> blue with big yellow stripes.
>
> Bozo the Yenko clone will be there even if he is trailer bound!
>
> Ahhm tarred!
>
> Rick Norris...I think.


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