Corvairs & driving them-was: <VV> Re: The Next Generation

[Mike Ioanes]

I have been on the list a while, so if you've heard (read) this before, 
forgive me.

My first car, in 1970,  was a 63 Monza, 80 hp(?)/PG.  It had a sprayed-on 
vinyl top, a fresh paint job, and "flintstone" floorboards.  Not exactly a 
high-perfomance car, but a lot of fun to drive on twisty, hilly roads.  A 
few years later, between VW vans, I had a 65 Greenbrier.

As Cliff says, fast forward to 1997...I was "sort of" looking for an older, 
collector type of vehicle when my 64 Monza convertible passed me in a 
Walmart parking lot, with a "For Sale" in the window.  I chased it down, 
talked to the owner, and made a deal.  After owning it for a few months, I 
found about the Dayton Corvair Club, CORSA, and VV, in that order

Like Cliff, I choose not to put "historic vehicle" plates on my Corvair so I 
can legally drive it whenever and wherever I want.  The ante is a little 
steeper, about $50 a year on this side of the river (Ohio) but worth it to 
me.

I have been to all the Eastern and Central Div. conventions since 98, the 
'Vair has been to one (Lexington)

Mike Ioanes