<VV> RE: What kind of Corvair?

[Tony Underwood]

At 10:21 hours 06/13/2006, kaczmarek at charter.net wrote:
>Back when the EUM first got on the road, and I still had the stock 
>seats (Covered with Blankets), and there was still roof insulation 
>falling off the inside, My wife's Alero had the fuel pump module go 
>bad. (thank God for extended protection).
>
>After a 60 mile tow truck trip to the local Chev/Olds dealer, my 
>wife calls for a ride home from the dealer, and the EUM got the 
>nod.  I pull up in the service lane, and there's a young kid, 
>obviously being schooled by an "old Geezer", and the kid asks me 
>what kind of car it is?  The Geezer smacks him one on the side of 
>his head, and tells him---GO LOOK AT THE TRUNK BAR---and naturally 
>he goes to the back of the car to look---which earns him another 
>smack. By that time I'm out of the car, and he sees the Bowtie on 
>the grill bar, and he's past belief that this car could be a 
>Chevrolet.  I enjoyed educating him, and now he's a non-owning 
>enthusiast, looking around for one that's pretty much done to buy.




My favorite remains the brother of a girl I dated a few times, who 
after owning a '65 Monza for two years still thought it was an 
Italian car...   ;)



tony..