<VV> EARLIES vs. lates

[airvair]

And people are taking this thread seriously? Ok, who are you and what
have you done with the VV people?

-Mark

Wrsssatty at aol.com wrote:
> 
> <>Maybe because the late styling was so widely copied.
> 
> By Chevy and Pontiac, that's about it.  The earlies inspired NSU,
> BMW, Simca et al.>
> 
> Not to mention the biggest copier of the earlies' styling:  the lates!  The
> lates' styling is obviously derivative of the earlies' styling and just a
> modern (a la late sixties) iteration of early styling cues (wrap around character
> line; tear-drop shaped headlight bezels ['61-'64]; dual cowl instrument panel;
> tail lights; front parking lights; etc., etc.).
> 
> As for why it seems there are more lates now than earlies, I think that's
> because when Chevy stopped making the Corvair, the lates were still pretty new
> and that's what was available when everyone suddenly had the notion that
> Corvairs would be collectible.  As for the earlies, by then many had served a long
> and useful life and already been recycled into THINNER steel for the lates!  LOL!
> 
> But seriously, the lates are truly my second favorite car of all time!
> 
> ~Bill Stanley
>