<VV> Franklin (sort of Vair)

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

Have you forwarded this comment to the publisher ?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "VirtualVairs AA" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 12:26 PM
Subject: <VV> Franklin (sort of Vair)


> No, not Ben.
>
> Interesting how things sometimes happen together.  Last night I was at a 
> local "Cruise In" where I saw a 1927 Franklin.  A solid car with a quiet 
> running engine and could use a slight face lift - but QUITE SOLID. 
> Franklin is an air cooled US made car build from 1902 to 1934.
>
> Today, I received in the mail a flyer from SAE International touting 
> several interesting looking volumes on automotive history.  One of the 
> books is "The Franklin Automobile Company" and sells for about $40.00 
> (less to members). Anyway, the description includes this line, "..... 
> America's only truly successful gasoline-powered motor car incorporating 
> an air-cooled engine."
>
> ISBN-10: 0-7680-0221-4, 504 pp., Hardbound 1999
> By Sinclair Powell
>
> Since Franklins were luxury cars, perhaps Mr. Sinclair does not consider 
> the Corvair to be a "motor car" OR does not consider it to have been 
> "successful"?
>
> Later, JR
> Past, present and future posts to Virtual Vairs by this writer are for the
> private use of Virtual Vair members only.  Reproduction, including
> archiving, outside of the Virtual Vairs is specifically prohibited.  This
> prohibition includes any portions of this writer's message which may
> have been included in a response message by another VV member.
> _______________________________________________
> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights are 
> the property
> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, 
> mailto:vv-help at corvair.org
> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, 
> http://www.corvair.org/
> Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Change your options: 
> http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs 
> _______________________________________________
>