<VV> Mother's Choice Corvair Car Seat

[Steven]

Stumbled onto this tonight.  It's "the ultimate in car safety" !

http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/mothers-choice-corvair-car-seat-0-18kg/


- Steve



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Nicol" <nicolcs at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <steven at sashimi.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:38 PM
Subject: Looking for old "Car & Driver" article


>
> <snip>It must have been about 10-15 years ago.  I'm pretty sure it was Car 
> &
>
> Driver because I used to subscribe to it.  Anyway the article was a short
> take on a company that was reviving LM corvair coupes and verts.  They 
> were
> selling them completely redone with suspension packages, alloy wheels,
> performance tires, fresh paint for around $4K.  If I recall correctly the
> article pictured a burgundy car.  It was only one page or two at most.
>
> Does anyone have this article or know what I'm talking about?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Brown
> '62 Rampside
> Media, PA <unsnip>
>
> I think you are talking about Solar Automotive.  AFIK, they are the only
> company that rebuilt and resold Corvairs.  They made models called the
> Cavalier and the Sprint.  I went back with a friend and picked up his 
> Sprint
> in 1974, slightly after the end of their run. (The business was closing at
> that point).  Solar (Art Hershberger) bought the rights to the Fitch 
> Sprint
> name and some of the old Fitch Sprint tooling (Vent top).  I vaguely
> remember a C & D article but it would have been ca 1973, not in the 90's.
>
> Recently I had a Solar Sprint that was built by an individual using pieces
> purchased from Solar's extensive catalog.  I just sold it about two weeks
> ago.  I still have a Solar catalog.
> Craig Nicol
>
>
>