<VV> '67 Telecolumn - '65-'65 Holy Cow

[Kent Sullivan]

Another thing I don't get is: The NCRS guys would never allow a tele column
in a car that didn't have one to start with. And if you are a Corvette fan
but not in the NCRS, stock doesn't matter, so I would think it would be
easier and cheaper (and better looking, in a modern style sense) to install
an aftermarket column by IDIDIT or whomever.

--Kent
-----Original Message-----
From: airvair [mailto:airvair at richnet.net] 
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 4:16 PM
To: Kent Sullivan
Cc: 'VV'
Subject: Re: <VV> '67 Telecolumn - '65-'65 Holy Cow

>From what my local Corvette guy tells me (who incidentally is ALSO after
Corvair tele columns), the parts that they need can be obtained off
Corvair columns and either directly used, or modified to be suitable
matches. Which is why they are after the columns. They are thus able to
recreate ALL of what they need. The leftover parts usually are scrapped.
All this comes at the expense of trashing otherwise usable and (to
Corvair people) irreplacable Corvair parts. I view it as marque parts
theft.

Which leaves us Corvair people faced with the very real situation of
either eventually losing all our available accessory/replacement parts
sources to deep-pocket Corvette people, OR having to pay Corvette prices
for Corvair parts. Either way, we are losing big time, and there are too
many greedy people out there who are more than willing to help it
happen. In a capitalistic sense, SOME greed is good. I can't blame
somebody for wanting to make a reasonable profit. But excessive greed,
at the expense of historic concerns IMHO is very, very bad. This
situation is a shameful abomination on the old car hobby.

-Mark