<VV> Last convertible?

[airvair]

No, it isn't a recent discovery. And YES, #5997 IS the last convertable.
Dave Newell, Mark Ellis, and I have all reviewed the proof, and verified
it's identity. It was "discovered" about 5 years ago in the Bay area.
Because of it, I was able to complete a replica of the last 7 cars on a
car hauler for the last Chicago convention in '04.

-Mark

Wrsssatty at aol.com wrote:
> 
> There is now on eBay a '69 purported to be #5997 and the last convertible.
> Is this a relatively recent discovery?  I believe the 1999 30th Anniversary
> Edition 1969 Corvair Fingertip Facts did not list this car and, indeed, said that
> #5988 was the last convertible.  Is there a newer edition of the '69
> Fingertip Facts book or an addendum available?  Also, if my feeble memory serves me
> correctly, I believe that at the "St. Louis" convention ('98?) there was a side
> trip to one of those everything-is-for-sale car museums and that they had what
> they claimed was the last convertible.  I'm remembering a very low mileage
> white car with a blue interior.  What gives?
> 
> ~Bill Stanley
> 
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